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System Properties Comparison ObjectBox vs. Sphinx vs. TiDB vs. VictoriaMetrics vs. Vitess

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NameObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.A fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solutionScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score4.09
Rank#72  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#165  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#202  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
sphinxsearch.compingcap.comvictoriametrics.comvitess.io
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iosphinxsearch.com/­docsdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stabledocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
vitess.io/­docs
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedSphinx Technologies Inc.PingCAP, Inc.VictoriaMetricsThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20172001201620182013
Current release4.0 (May 2024)3.5.1, February 20238.2.0, July 2024v1.91, May 202315.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++C++Go, RustGoGo
Server operating systemsAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, plus "flex" map-like typesnoyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yesnoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native APIProprietary protocolGORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning (by key range)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenoneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Synchronous replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infowith TiSpark Connectornono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infofull support since version 6.6noyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
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ObjectBoxSphinxTiDBVictoriaMetricsVitess
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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