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System Properties Comparison OrientDB vs. Riak TS vs. Sphinx vs. Vertica

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NameOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Riak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series 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
Score0.28
Rank#307  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websiteorientdb.orgsphinxsearch.comwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestsphinxsearch.com/­docsvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPOpen Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesSphinx Technologies Inc.OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release2010201520012005
Current release3.2.29, March 20243.0.0, September 20223.5.1, February 202312.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availablecommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageJavaErlangC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyes
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 indexesyesrestrictedyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsyes, limitedSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)Full 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsTinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Proprietary protocolADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, JavascriptErlangnoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
TriggersHooksyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksnoyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesyesnono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsno infolinks between datasets can be storednoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurablenonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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OrientDBRiak TSSphinxVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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