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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. jBASE vs. Pinecone vs. SAP IQ vs. VelocityDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA managed, cloud-native vector databaseColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.pinecone.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperCockroach LabsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Pinecone Systems, IncSAP, formerly SybaseVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20151991201919942011
Current release24.1.0, May 20245.716.1 SPS04, April 20197.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalString, Number, Booleanyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
PythonC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesno
TriggersnoyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
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 RAFTShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardBased on Windows Authentication

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