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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. KeyDB vs. Splunk vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. KeyDB vs. Splunk vs. YottaDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  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.An ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsAnalytics Platform for Big DataA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeSearch engineKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#226  Overall
#33  Key-value stores
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
www.splunk.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.keydb.devdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperCockroach LabsEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.Splunk Inc.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release2015201920032001
Current release23.1.1, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoBSD-3commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyesno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJDBCProprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoHTTP RESTPostgreSQL 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++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoLuayes
Triggersnonoyes
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 RAFTShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlsimple password-based access control and ACLAccess rights for users and rolesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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