Comparison

etcd vs RocksDB

No clear leader: etcd (63.7) and RocksDB (61.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
etcd64
RocksDB61
Score
Vioscale score
etcd64 / 100low · 44%
RocksDB61 / 100low · 48%
Pricing
Free tier
etcd
RocksDB
Model
Price level
etcdfree
RocksDBfree
Transparent
etcd
RocksDB
Integrations
Count
etcd80
RocksDB
Reliability
Status page
etcd
RocksDB
Adoption
Dependent repos
etcd39,452
RocksDB2,684
Github stars
etcd52,178
RocksDB32,011
Package downloads weekly
etcd
RocksDB1,832
Activity
Commits last 30d
etcd96
RocksDB72
Release
Cadence days
etcd
RocksDB21
History
RocksDB20 items
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
etcdGo
RocksDBC++

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for key-value stores. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Storage
Storage tier
etcdPersistent
RocksDBPersistent
Persistence
etcdAppend-only log
RocksDBAppend-only log
Data structures
etcdRich types
RocksDBKV-only
Protocol
Wire protocol
etcdgRPC
RocksDB-
Distribution
Clustering
etcdConsensus (Raft)
RocksDBSingle-node
Consistency
etcdStrong
RocksDBStrong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
etcd
RocksDB-
Multi-threaded
etcd-
RocksDB
Pub/Sub / streams
etcd
RocksDB-
Transactions / atomic ops
etcd-
RocksDB-
Deployment
Deployment
etcdSelf-hosted
RocksDBEmbedded
Licensing
Licence class
etcdPermissive OSS
RocksDBCopyleft
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
etcdNone
RocksDB-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

etcd

etcd is a strongly consistent, distributed key-value store that provides a reliable way to store data that needs to be accessed by a distributed system or cluster of machines. It gracefully handles leader elections during network partitions and can tolerate machine failure.

Independently observed

RocksDB

An embeddable C++ database library optimized for high-performance storage and retrieval on flash drives and RAM, supporting workloads from application caching to multi-terabyte data storage with configurable write and read performance tradeoffs.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

etcd

Open source
as of verify ↗

RocksDB

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Linux
etcd
RocksDB
CLI
etcd
RocksDB
Deployment
Self-hosted
etcd
RocksDB

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

etcd

29 total
  • Kubernetes
  • Vitess
  • fleet
  • Docker
  • Puppet
  • confd
  • AWS ECS
  • SkyDNS
  • discodns
  • Hiera
  • Chef
  • BOSH
  • etcdctl
  • etcd-backup
  • etcd-dump
  • etcd-fs
  • etcd-browser
  • etcd-console
  • etcd-viewer
  • etcdtool
  • etcd-rest
  • etcdsh
  • etcdloadtest
  • etcd-workbench
  • +5 more
Independently observed

RocksDB

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.