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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Cubrid vs. Sadas Engine vs. Sphinx vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Cubrid vs. Sadas Engine vs. Sphinx vs. YottaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
www.sadasengine.comsphinxsearch.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcubrid.org/­manualswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationsphinxsearch.com/­docsyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationSADAS s.r.l.Sphinx Technologies Inc.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release20142008200620012001
Current release11.0, January 20218.03.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC, C++, JavaC++C++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnono
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)by using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Proprietary protocolPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes 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.yesnoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardnoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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