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DBMS > Cubrid vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Manticore Search vs. NCache vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Manticore Search vs. NCache vs. Sphinx

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NameCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCUBRID 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.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engineKey-value storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.20
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitecubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
firebase.google.com/­products/­firestoremanticoresearch.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachesphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoremanual.manticoresearch.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationGoogleManticore SoftwareAlachisoftSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20082017201720052001
Current release11.0, January 20216.0, February 20235.3.3, April 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeFixed schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanpartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counterno
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.nonoCan index from XMLno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsuser defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyesyes, with Cloud Functionsnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedyesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes 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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine 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.noAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
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CubridGoogle Cloud FirestoreManticore SearchNCacheSphinx
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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