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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. Newts vs. Realm vs. Sphinx

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitedgraph.iowww.esgyn.cnopennms.github.io/­newtsrealm.iosphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikirealm.io/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynOpenNMS GroupRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20162015201420142001
Current release3.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnonoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Java API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJava.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnononoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes 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 infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesno

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