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DBMS > PouchDB vs. Qdrant vs. ReductStore vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison PouchDB vs. Qdrant vs. ReductStore vs. Sphinx

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NamePouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingDesigned to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelDocument storeVector DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitepouchdb.comgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
github.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
sphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationpouchdb.com/­guidesqdrant.tech/­documentationwww.reduct.store/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationQdrantReductStore LLCSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2012202120232001
Current release7.1.1, June 20191.9, March 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptRustC++, RustC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanno
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 indexesyes infovia viewsyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Collection-level replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoKey-based authenticationno

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