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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. Manticore Search vs. MaxDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Sphinx

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelDocument storeSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.harperdb.iomanticoresearch.commaxdb.sap.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperHarperDBManticore SoftwareSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20172017198419842001
Current release3.1, August 20216.0, February 20237.9.10.12, February 20247.4.1.1, 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMSFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaFixed schemayesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyesno
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.noCan index from XMLnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query languageyesyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsyesno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDyes, on a single nodeno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyesyes 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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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