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System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. DataFS vs. GBase vs. QuestDB vs. Sphinx

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelSearch engineObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.86
Rank#133  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#173  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchnewdatabase.comwww.gbase.cnquestdb.iosphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspquestdb.io/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperAmazonMobiland AGGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.QuestDB Technology IncSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20122018200420142001
Current release1.1.263, October 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c3.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemshostedWindowsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexednoyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoStandard with numerous extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredProprietary Sharding systemhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes 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.noyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesWindows-Profileyesno
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