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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Milvus vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. WakandaDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server 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.Elastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.10
Rank#58  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score22.71
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score1.81
Rank#144  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#352  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsmilvus.iowww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperCockroach LabsMicrosoftSybase, SAPWakanda SAS
Initial release20152016201919932012
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.3.4, January 20242.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase 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.Zilliz Cloud – Cloud-native service for Milvus
Implementation languageGoC++C++, GoC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
Java
PHP
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Delphi
Perl
PHP
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLnoyesyes
Triggersnononoyesyes
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 RAFTSharding, horizontal partitioningShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlyesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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CockroachDBMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseMilvusSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSWakandaDB
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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Milvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Highly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosPayment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
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RAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
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Milvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metrics12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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As of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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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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Milvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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