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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. STSdb vs. SWC-DB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed 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 multi-model DBMS and application serverKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4github.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.intersystems.com
DeveloperCockroach LabsInterSystemsSTS Soft SCAlex Kashirin
Initial release2015199720112020
Current release24.1.0, May 20242018.1.4, May 20204.0.8, September 20150.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC#C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
Data schemedynamic schemadepending on used data modelyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
C++
Java
C#
Java
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersnoyesnono
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 RAFTnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesno

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