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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. BaseX vs. Cubrid vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. BaseX vs. Cubrid vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Sphinx

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.CUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelKey-value storeNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#187  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbbasex.orgcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
firebase.google.com/­products/­firestoresphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.basex.orgcubrid.org/­manualsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoresphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperAmazonBaseX GmbHCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationGoogleSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20072007200820172001
Current release11.0, June 202411.0, January 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++, JavaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenono infoXQuery supports typesyesyesno
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 indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesJava Stored Proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsno
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsyesyes, with Cloud Functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationnonenoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationmultiple readers, single writerACIDyesno
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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Users with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.no

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