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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Netezza vs. ObjectBox vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Netezza vs. ObjectBox vs. Snowflake

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  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.Data warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score8.59
Rank#45  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score130.36
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzagithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.snowflake.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.objectbox.iodocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsIBMObjectBox LimitedSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release2015200020172014
Current release24.1.0, May 20244.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoincluded in applianceAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
hosted
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary native APICLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnouser defined functions
Triggersnononono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
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 RAFTShardingnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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CockroachDBNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBMObjectBoxSnowflake
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