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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Interbase vs. OpenQM vs. Sphinx vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Interbase vs. OpenQM vs. Sphinx vs. Trafodion

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmsphinxsearch.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasesphinxsearch.com/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.EmbarcaderoRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSphinx Technologies Inc.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20161984199320012014
Current release2.1, December 2018InterBase 2020, December 20193.4-123.5.1, February 20232.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCCC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyes infowith some exceptionsyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 infoexport as XML data possibleyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyesnoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneyesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationInterbase Change Viewsyesnoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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