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DBMS > mSQL vs. RisingWave vs. Sphinx vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. RisingWave vs. Sphinx vs. TerminusDB

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.58
Rank#242  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.risingwave.com/­databasesphinxsearch.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introsphinxsearch.com/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesRisingWave LabsSphinx Technologies Inc.DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release1994202220012018
Current release4.4, October 20211.2, September 20233.5.1, February 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCRustC++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesStandard SQL-types and JSONnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)SQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocolOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoUDFs in Python or Javanoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers and RolesnoRole-based access control

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