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System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. PouchDB vs. Sphinx vs. Stardog vs. Typesense

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NameCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualizationA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engineGraph DBMS
RDF store
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.20
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score0.79
Rank#210  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitecubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
pouchdb.comsphinxsearch.comwww.stardog.comtypesense.org
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualspouchdb.com/­guidessphinxsearch.com/­docsdocs.stardog.comtypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationApache Software FoundationSphinx Technologies Inc.Stardog-Union
Initial release20082012200120102015
Current release11.0, January 20217.1.1, June 20193.5.1, February 20237.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availablecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/studentsOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaJavaScriptC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyesyes
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.nonono infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatialyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)Yes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Serverno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Proprietary protocolGraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresView functions in JavaScriptnouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Javano
Triggersyesyesnoyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
noneMulti-source replication in HA-ClusterMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoAccess rights for users and roles

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