DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. KairosDB vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. KairosDB vs. Sphinx

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engineTime Series DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.85
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchkairosdb.github.iosphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.AmazonSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2016201220132001
Current release2.1, December 20181.2.2, November 20183.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageCJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexednoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
HTTP APIGraphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infomanaged transparently by AWSselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardauthentication via encrypted signaturessimple password-based access controlno

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
AgensGraphAmazon CloudSearchKairosDBSphinx
DB-Engines blog posts

Amazon - the rising star in the DBMS market
3 August 2015, Matthias Gelbmann

The DB-Engines ranking includes now search engines
4 February 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

The DB-Engines ranking includes now search engines
4 February 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Graph DBMS Performance Comparison AgensGraph vs. Neo4j
29 June 2017, Business Wire

Bitnine Releases AgensGraph 2.1, the Multi-model Graph Database Optimized for the Legacy Environment
29 January 2019, Business Wire

Bitnine: The Newly Revealed 'AI Teacher' Powered by Graph Database Delivers Hyper-Personalized Learning ...
25 March 2019, Business Wire

provided by Google News

Amazon CloudSearch – Start Searching in One Hour for Less Than $100 / Month | Amazon Web Services
12 April 2012, AWS Blog

Is Amazon CloudSearch superior to do-it-yourself search tools?
24 January 2014, TechTarget

Amazon CloudSearch – Even Better Searching for Less Than $100/Month | Amazon Web Services
24 March 2014, AWS Blog

Amazon Takes On Google And Microsoft With CloudSearch
16 April 2012, Forbes

Searching CloudTrail Logs Easily with Amazon CloudSearch | AWS Startups Blog
21 October 2014, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Real-Time Performance and Health Monitoring Using Netdata
2 September 2019, CNX Software

Expo: Real Time A/B Testing and Monitoring with Spark Streaming and Kafka at Walmart Labs
24 May 2019, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News

Switching From Sphinx to MkDocs Documentation — What Did I Gain and Lose
2 February 2024, Towards Data Science

Manticore is a Faster Alternative to Elasticsearch in C++
25 July 2022, hackernoon.com

Perplexity AI: From Its Use To Operation, Everything You Need To Know About Googles Newest Challenger
11 January 2024, Free Press Journal

How to Build 600+ Links in One Month
4 September 2020, Search Engine Journal

Beyond the Concert Hall: 5 Organizations Making a Difference in Classical Music in 2018 | WQXR Editorial
22 December 2018, WQXR Radio

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

SingleStore logo

The database to transact, analyze and contextualize your data in real time.
Try it today.

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here