Comparisons
This page highlights how YugabyteDB compares against other operational databases in the distributed SQL and NoSQL categories. Click on the database name in the table header to see a more detailed comparison.
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| Feature | CockroachDB | TiDB | Amazon Aurora | MS Azure CosmosDB | Google Cloud Spanner | YugabyteDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizontal write scalability (with auto sharding/rebalancing) | ||||||
| Automated failover & repair | ||||||
| Distributed ACID transactions | ||||||
| SQL Foreign Keys | ||||||
| SQL Joins | ||||||
| Serializable isolation level | ||||||
| Global consistency across multi-DC/regions | ||||||
| Multiple read consistency levels | ||||||
| Low, predictable p99 latencies | ||||||
| Built-in enteprise features (such as CDC) | ||||||
| SQL compatibility | PostgreSQL | MySQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL | Read Only | Proprietary | PostgreSQL (BETA) |
| Open Source | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
NoSQL databases
| Feature | MongoDB | FoundationDB | Apache Cassandra | Amazon DynamoDB | MS Azure CosmosDB | YugabyteDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizontal write scalability | ||||||
| Automated failover & repair | ||||||
| Auto sharding and rebalancing | ||||||
| Distributed ACID transactions | ||||||
| Consensus-driven, strongly-consistent replication | ||||||
| Strongly-consistent secondary indexes | ||||||
| Multiple read consistency levels | ||||||
| Low, predictable p99 latencies | ||||||
| High data density | ||||||
| API | MongoDB QL | Proprietary KV, MongoDB QL | Cassandra QL | Proprietary KV, Document | Cassandra QL, MongoDB QL | YCQL w/ Cassandra QL roots |
| Open Source | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
Note
The or with respect to any particular feature of a third-party database is based on our best effort understanding from publicly available information. Readers are always recommended to perform their own independent research to understand the finer details.