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System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. Sphinx vs. YDB

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelEvent StoreRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Search engineDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.10
Rank#179  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.35
Rank#278  Overall
#43  Document stores
#127  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comwww.mcobject.comsphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmsphinxsearch.com/­docsydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedMcObjectSphinx Technologies Inc.Yandex
Initial release2012200120012019
Current release21.2, February 20218.2, 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availableno
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)SQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocolRESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
noneActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes 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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users
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EventStoreDBeXtremeDBSphinxYDB
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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