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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. MySQL vs. SingleStore

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Name

Description

CockroachDB 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.

Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL Server

Widely used open source RDBMS

MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Key/Value like access via memcached API

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS

Document store
Spatial DBMS

Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS

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Score	6.10
Rank	#58	Overall
	#33	Relational DBMS

Score	78.40
Rank	#15	Overall
	#10	Relational DBMS

Score	1087.72
Rank	#2	Overall
	#2	Relational DBMS

Score	5.91
Rank	#61	Overall
	#34	Relational DBMS

Website

www.cockroachlabs.com

azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-sql/database

www.mysql.com

www.singlestore.com

Technical documentation

www.cockroachlabs.com/docs

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql

dev.mysql.com/doc

docs.singlestore.com

Developer

Cockroach Labs

Microsoft

Oracle

since 2010, originally MySQL AB, then Sun

SingleStore Inc.

Initial release

2015

2010

1995

2013

Current release

23.1.1, May 2023

V12

8.3.0, January 2024

8.5, January 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0, commercial license available

commercial

Open Source

GPL version 2. Commercial licenses with extended functionallity are available

commercial

free developer edition available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Database as a Service

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CockroachDB: A cloud-native, distributed SQL database designed for speed, scale, and survival. Get started for free today with a fully-managed CockroachDB cluster -- leave operations behind and get your app to market faster.

Aiven for MySQL: Fully managed MySQL, deployable in the cloud of your choice, with seamless integrations and lightning-fast setup.

SingleStoreDB Cloud: The world's fastest, modern cloud database for both operational (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads. Available instantly with multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud capabilities

Implementation language

C++

C and C++

C++, Go

Server operating systems

Linux
macOS
Windows

hosted

FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows

Linux

64 bit version required

Data scheme

dynamic schema

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQL

yes

with proprietary extensions

yes

but no triggers and foreign keys

APIs and other access methods

JDBC

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API

Cluster Management API

as HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC

Supported programming languages

C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust

.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl

Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Transact SQL

yes

proprietary syntax

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

horizontal partitioning (by key range)

all tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFT

horizontal partitioning, sharding with MySQL Cluster or MySQL Fabric

Sharding

hash partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Multi-source replication using RAFT

yes, with always 3 replicas available

Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication

Source-replica replication

stores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

can define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

not for MyISAM storage engine

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

not for MyISAM storage engine

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

table locks or row locks depending on storage engine

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

All updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Role-based access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Users with fine-grained authorization concept

no user groups or roles

Fine grained access control via users, groups and roles

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Specific characteristics

CockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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Competitive advantages

- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenarios

Payment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customers

Comcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metrics

12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing models

- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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