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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Transbase vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Transbase vs. YottaDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Distributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMSA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Trend Chart
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#323  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.htmlyottadb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storehelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywherewww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.htmlyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperCockroach LabsIBMSAP infoformerly SybaseTransaction Software GmbHYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20152017199219872001
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.017, July 2015Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialcommercial infofree development licenseOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++C and C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeyesyesby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTActive-active shard replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDyesoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesNo - written data is immutableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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