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Apache Ignite vs CockroachDB

A side-by-side look at Apache Ignite and CockroachDB. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Apache Ignite

Apache Ignite

Development

Apache Ignite is an open-source distributed database, caching, and processing platform for real-time, large-scale applications. It provides in-memory computing for speed and high availability by distributing data across a cluster.

distributeddatabasecachingprocessingrealtimehigh-availability
CockroachDB

CockroachDB

Development

CockroachDB is an open-source, distributed SQL database that scales horizontally with high availability to tolerate failures and supports strongly consistent ACID transactions. It aims to provide scalability, survivability, and data consistency across multiple datacenters.

distributedscalablefault-tolerantsql