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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. OpenTSDB vs. Vertica

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  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.Scalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score6.89
Rank#59  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score2.11
Rank#150  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score14.36
Rank#42  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comopentsdb.netwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperCockroach Labscurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release201520112005
Current release23.1.1, May 202312.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoLGPLcommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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.Vertica Accelerator’s high-performance analytics and machine learning with SQL or Python is available as SaaS.
Implementation languageGoJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API
Telnet API
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersnonoyes, called Custom 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 RAFTSharding infobased on HBasehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
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 controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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CockroachDBOpenTSDBVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosSystem of record (financial ledger, inventory management, transaction record), identity...
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, LUSH, Bose, Shipt, Bitski, Five9,...
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Market metrics10K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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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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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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