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System Properties Comparison OrientDB vs. Quasardb vs. Sphinx vs. SQL.JS vs. WakandaDB

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NameOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesPort of SQLite to JavaScriptWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteorientdb.orgquasar.aisphinxsearch.comsql.js.orgwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldoc.quasar.ai/­mastersphinxsearch.com/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPquasardbSphinx Technologies Inc.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersWakanda SAS
Initial release20102009200120122012
Current release3.2.29, March 20243.14.1, January 20243.5.1, February 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++JavaScriptC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binarynoyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infowith tagsyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsTinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP APIProprietary protocolJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, Javascriptnononoyes
TriggersHooksnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocould be achieved with distributed querieswith Hadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.no infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTransient modeyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailnonoyes

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