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System Properties Comparison Sphinx vs. STSdb vs. Valentina Server vs. YottaDB

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NameSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodObject-relational database and reports serverA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelSearch engineKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitesphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4www.valentina-db.netyottadb.com
Technical documentationsphinxsearch.com/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.phpyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperSphinx Technologies Inc.STS Soft SCParadigma SoftwareYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2001201119992001
Current release3.5.1, February 20234.0.8, September 20155.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C#C
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yesno
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.no
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)noyesby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol.NET Client APIODBCPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C#
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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