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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. OpenQM vs. PostGIS vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. OpenQM vs. PostGIS vs. Transbase

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  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.QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmpostgis.netwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release2015199320051987
Current release24.1.0, May 20243.4-123.4.2, February 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoCC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayes infowith some exceptionsyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes
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 RAFTyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDyes
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 controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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