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System Properties Comparison Immudb vs. Memcached vs. Sphinx vs. YottaDB

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NameImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeSearch engineKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
www.memcached.orgsphinxsearch.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.immudb.iogithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikisphinxsearch.com/­docsyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperCodenotaryDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalSphinx Technologies Inc.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release2020200320012001
Current release1.2.3, April 20221.6.27, May 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoCC++C
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonono
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like syntaxnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)by using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsgRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocolProprietary protocolPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitynoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes 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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolnoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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