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Name

Description

CUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTP

A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches

Designed to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.

A general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries

Primary database model

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Score	1.04
Rank	#187	Overall
	#87	Relational DBMS

Score	2.78
Rank	#103	Overall
	#4	Vector DBMS

Score	0.05
Rank	#384	Overall
	#44	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.18
Rank	#332	Overall
	#46	Document stores

Website

cubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)

milvus.io

github.com/reductstore
www.reduct.store

github.com/xtdb/xtdb
www.xtdb.com

Technical documentation

cubrid.org/manuals

milvus.io/docs/overview.md

www.reduct.store/docs

www.xtdb.com/docs

Developer

CUBRID Corporation, CUBRID Foundation

ReductStore LLC

Juxt Ltd.

Initial release

2008

2019

2023

2019

Current release

11.0, January 2021

2.4.4, May 2024

1.9, March 2024

1.19, September 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

Business Source License 1.1

Open Source

MIT License

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C, C++, Java

C++, Go

C++, Rust

Clojure

Server operating systems

Linux
Windows

Linux
macOS

10.14 or later
Windows

with WSL 2 enabled

Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows

All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

Vector, Numeric and String

yes, extensible-data-notation format

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

limited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite

APIs and other access methods

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB

RESTful HTTP API

HTTP API

HTTP REST
JDBC

Supported programming languages

C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust

Clojure
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java Stored Procedures

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

yes, each node contains all data

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Bounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

yes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Role based access control and fine grained access rights

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

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Market metrics

As of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing models

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