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DBMS > ArangoDB vs. RDFox vs. SAP IQ vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. RDFox vs. SAP IQ vs. Sphinx

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS infocolumn-orientedSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitearangodb.comwww.oxfordsemantic.techwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comdocs.oxfordsemantic.techhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQsphinxsearch.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Oxford Semantic TechnologiesSAP, formerly SybaseSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2012201719942001
Current release3.11.5, November 20236.0, Septermber 202216.1 SPS04, April 20193.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyes infoRDF schemasyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesno
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.no
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0shared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorreplication via a shared file systemSAP/Sybase Replication Servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes 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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesRoles, resources, and access typesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
ArangoDBRDFoxSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQSphinx
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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