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System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. Datomic vs. Dgraph vs. Sphinx vs. Vertica

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NameCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.04
Rank#187  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitecubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
www.datomic.comdgraph.iosphinxsearch.comwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualsdocs.datomic.comdgraph.io/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docsvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationCognitectDgraph Labs, Inc.Sphinx Technologies Inc.OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release20082012201620012005
Current release11.0, January 20211.0.6735, June 20233.5.1, February 202312.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availablecommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaJava, ClojureGoC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)Full 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Proprietary protocolADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsnonoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsnonoyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSynchronous replication via RaftnoneMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono infoPlanned for future releasesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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CubridDatomicDgraphSphinxVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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