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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. PostGIS vs. Qdrant vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. PostGIS vs. Qdrant vs. TigerGraph

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  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.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSVector DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.compostgis.netgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
www.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationqdrant.tech/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperCockroach LabsQdrant
Initial release2015200520212017
Current release23.1.1, May 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoCRustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCgRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyesno
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 RAFTyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infobased on PostgreSQLCollection-level replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
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.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLKey-based authenticationRole-based access control

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