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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Sphinx vs. SWC-DB vs. Tkrzw

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Sphinx vs. SWC-DB vs. Tkrzw

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Search engineWide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgsphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
dbmx.net/­tkrzw
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffSphinx Technologies Inc.Alex KashirinMikio Hirabayashi
Initial release2014200120202020
Current release3.5.1, February 20230.5, April 20210.9.3, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonono
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language (SphinxQL)SQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIProprietary protocolProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C++C++
Java
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infousing specific database classes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonono

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