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DBMS > Lovefield vs. Sphinx vs. StarRocks vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison Lovefield vs. Sphinx vs. StarRocks vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websitegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldsphinxsearch.comwww.starrocks.iowww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdsphinxsearch.com/­docsdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperGoogleSphinx Technologies Inc.The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023Transwarp
Initial release201420012020
Current release2.1.12, February 20173.5.1, February 20233.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yesyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolJDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions
TriggersUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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