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System Properties Comparison Sphinx vs. TiDB vs. Typesense vs. Valentina Server

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NameSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.A typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivityObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitesphinxsearch.compingcap.comtypesense.orgwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationsphinxsearch.com/­docsdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stabletypesense.org/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperSphinx Technologies Inc.PingCAP, Inc.Paradigma Software
Initial release2001201620151999
Current release3.5.1, February 20238.1.0, May 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Go, RustC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 fieldsyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolGORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
RESTful HTTP APIODBC
Supported programming languagesC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Multi-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infowith TiSpark Connectornono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infofull support since version 6.6noyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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SphinxTiDBTypesenseValentina Server
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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