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

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NameQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed, 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 modelTime Series DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score6.03
Rank#60  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score0.57
Rank#248  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#352  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitequasar.aisphinxsearch.comsql.js.orgwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­mastersphinxsearch.com/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperquasardbSphinx Technologies Inc.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersWakanda SAS
Initial release2009200120122012
Current release3.14.1, January 20243.5.1, February 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial 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 servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaScriptC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
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-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyes infowith tagsyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIProprietary protocolJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.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 proceduresnononoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodswith Hadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes 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 controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailnonoyes

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