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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. LokiJS vs. MonetDB vs. OpenTSDB vs. Transbase

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#142  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.monetdb.orgopentsdb.netwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsMonetDB BVcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20152014200420111987
Current release24.1.0, May 2024Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoLGPLcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptCJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJavaScript APIJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP API
Telnet API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rnoyes
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes
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 RAFTnoneSharding via remote tablesSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDnoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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