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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. ObjectBox vs. RDFox vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. ObjectBox vs. RDFox vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  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.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Score3.50
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.oxfordsemantic.techwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.objectbox.iodocs.oxfordsemantic.techhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperCockroach LabsObjectBox LimitedOxford Semantic TechnologiesSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release2015201720171992
Current release24.1.0, May 20244.0 (May 2024)6.0, Septermber 202217, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesyes infoRDF schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesyes
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 PostgreSQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCProprietary native APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C
Java
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersnonoyes
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 RAFTnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinereplication via a shared file systemSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlyesRoles, resources, and access typesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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