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CockroachDB vs. Cassandra
Two Distributed Databases
Two Different Architectures
Which is right for your workload?
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Why CockroachDB and Apache Cassandra?
CockroachDB and Cassandra share common capabilities. Both deliver
effortless, global scale. Both are resilient. Both are cloud-neutral.
Transactions
Open Queries
Familiar
Cassandra was designed for fast access of data and makes compromises for writes.
Cassandra queries require you to understand partitioning of the database.
Cassandra implements a variant of SQL called CQL, which may limit application functionality.
CockroachDB was architected for complex, high performant distributed writes and delivers scale-out read capability.
CockroachDB delivers simple relational SQL transactions and obscures complexity away from developers.
CockroachDB is wire-compatible with PostgreSQL and provides a familiar, easy interface for developers.
Transactions
Cassandra was designed for fast access of data and makes compromises for writes.
CockroachDB was architected for complex, high performant distributed writes and delivers scale-out read capability.
Open Queries
Cassandra queries require you to understand partitioning of the database.
CockroachDB delivers simple relational SQL transactions and obscures complexity away from developers.
Familiar
Cassandra implements a variant of SQL called CQL, which may limit application functionality.
CockroachDB is wire-compatible with PostgreSQL and provides a familiar, easy interface for developers.
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CockroachDB and Cassandra with our technical guide
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Which workload is right for which database?
Single Data Center | Globally distributed | |
---|---|---|
Low read volume | Cassandra CockroachDB | Cassandra CockroachDB |
Heavy read volume and limited writes/transactions | ||
Heavy read, heavy write/update volume | ||
Heavy read/write volume and transaction guarantees |
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