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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. IRONdb vs. Lovefield vs. mSQL vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. IRONdb vs. Lovefield vs. mSQL vs. WakandaDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.A distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/google.github.io/­lovefieldhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperCockroach LabsCirconus LLC.GoogleHughes TechnologiesWakanda SAS
Initial release20152017201419942012
Current release24.1.0, May 2024V0.10.20, January 20182.1.12, February 20174.4, October 20212.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++JavaScriptCC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)SQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in Luanonoyes
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersnoyes
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 RAFTAutomatic, metric affinity per nodenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awarenonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infousing MemoryDBnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnononoyes

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