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System Properties Comparison Apache Doris vs. Drizzle vs. Rockset vs. Sphinx vs. YugabyteDB

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NameApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Wide column store
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Score0.60
Rank#247  Overall
#113  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitedoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
rockset.comsphinxsearch.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikidocs.rockset.comsphinxsearch.com/­docsdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerRocksetSphinx Technologies Inc.Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release20172008201920012017
Current release1.2.2, February 20237.2.4, September 20123.5.1, February 20232.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++C++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingnoyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infowith proprietary extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MySQL client
JDBCHTTP RESTProprietary protocolJDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Java
PHP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnononoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.nonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingAutomatic shardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesnoneBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolenoyes
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Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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