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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. PostGIS vs. RDFox vs. TigerGraph

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

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  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 PostgreSQLHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.compostgis.netwww.oxfordsemantic.techwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.techdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperCockroach LabsOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2015200520172017
Current release23.1.1, May 20233.4.2, February 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoCC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemayesyes infoRDF schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
Java
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 PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infobased on PostgreSQLreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
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.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLRoles, resources, and access typesRole-based access control

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