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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. NuoDB vs. OpenTSDB vs. PostGIS vs. TempoIQ

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed 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.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#142  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseopentsdb.netpostgis.nettempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdoc.nuodb.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperCockroach LabsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.currently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsTempoIQ
Initial release20152013201120052012
Current release24.1.0, May 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoC++JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Telnet API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLnouser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesnoyesyes infoRealtime Alerts
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 RAFTdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infobased on HBaseyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
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.noyes infoTemporary tablenonono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLsimple authentication-based access control

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