DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Geode vs. Machbase Neo vs. Qdrant vs. Spark SQL vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison Geode vs. Machbase Neo vs. Qdrant vs. Spark SQL vs. Sphinx

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score1.28
Rank#167  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitegeode.apache.orgmachbase.comgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
spark.apache.org/­sqlsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsmachbase.com/­dbmsqdrant.tech/­documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.MachbaseQdrantApache Software FoundationSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20022013202120142001
Current release1.1, February 2017V8.0, August 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20233.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaCRustScalaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyesno
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 indexesnoyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textnoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like query languagenoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Java
Python
R
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingyes, utilizing Spark CoreSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorCollection-level replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodenonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyesyes 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.yesyes infovolatile and lookup tableyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definablesimple password-based access controlKey-based authenticationnono

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
GeodeMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxQdrantSpark SQLSphinx
DB-Engines blog posts

The DB-Engines ranking includes now search engines
4 February 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

This is how much one of the most expensive gems costs at the Tucson gem show
11 February 2024, KGUN 9 Tucson News

Victor I. Cazares Wants NYTW to Call for Ceasefire in Gaza
22 February 2024, Vulture

Event-Driven Architectures with Apache Geode and Spring Integration
20 March 2019, InfoQ.com

1. Introduction to Pivotal GemFire In-Memory Data Grid and Apache Geode - Scaling Data Services with Pivotal ...
15 November 2018, oreilly.com

RDBMS and Apache Geode Data Movement: Low Latency ETL Pipeline by Using Cloud-Native Event Driven ...
30 June 2018, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News

Open source vector database startup Qdrant raises $28M
23 January 2024, TechCrunch

Qdrant Announces an Industry-First Hybrid Cloud Offering For Enterprise AI Applications
16 April 2024, Business Wire

Qdrant offers managed vector database for hybrid clouds
16 April 2024, InfoWorld

Qdrant Hybrid Cloud is Now Available for OCI Customers: Managed Vector Search Engine for Data-Sensitive AI ...
16 April 2024, Oracle

Qdrant Raises $28M to Advance Massive-Scale AI Applications
26 January 2024, Datanami

provided by Google News

Performance Insights from Sigma Rule Detections in Spark Streaming
1 June 2024, Towards Data Science

Run Apache Hive workloads using Spark SQL with Amazon EMR on EKS | Amazon Web Services
18 October 2023, AWS Blog

What is Apache Spark? The big data platform that crushed Hadoop
3 April 2024, InfoWorld

Cracking the Apache Spark Interview: 80+ Top Questions and Answers for 2024
1 April 2024, Simplilearn

Use Amazon Athena with Spark SQL for your open-source transactional table formats | Amazon Web Services
24 January 2024, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Switching From Sphinx to MkDocs Documentation — What Did I Gain and Lose
2 February 2024, Towards Data Science

Manticore is a Faster Alternative to Elasticsearch in C++
25 July 2022, hackernoon.com

Perplexity AI: From Its Use To Operation, Everything You Need To Know About Google's Newest Challenger
11 January 2024, Free Press Journal

The Pirate Bay was recently down for over a week due to a DDoS attack
29 October 2019, The Hacker News

Beyond the Concert Hall: 5 Organizations Making a Difference in Classical Music in 2018 | WQXR Editorial
22 December 2018, WQXR Radio

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Present your product here