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System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. Databend vs. KairosDB vs. Lovefield vs. Sphinx

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NameCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonDatabend  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPAn open-source, elastic, and workload-aware cloud data warehouse designed to meet businesses' massive-scale analytics needs at low cost and with low complexityDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.20
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score0.30
Rank#287  Overall
#130  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitecubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
github.com/­datafuselabs/­databend
www.databend.com
github.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualsdocs.databend.comkairosdb.github.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationDatabend LabsGoogleSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20082021201320142001
Current release11.0, January 20211.0.59, April 20231.2.2, November 20182.1.12, February 20173.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaRustJavaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hosted
Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
CLI Client
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
JavaScriptC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnononono
TriggersyesnonoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes 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.nonoyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user rolessimple password-based access controlnono

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