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ThemisDB Edition Comparison

Version: 1.5.0-dev
Last Updated: 2026-02-15

Quick Comparison

Feature MINIMAL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE HYPERSCALER
Price Free Free Commercial Custom
License MIT MIT Commercial Commercial
Binary Size ~30-50 MB ~80-150 MB ~150-250 MB ~200-300 MB
Build Time ~5-10 min ~20-30 min ~30-40 min ~40-60 min
RAM (Idle) ~100-200 MB ~300-500 MB ~500-800 MB ~800-1200 MB
Use Case Embedded/IoT Development/SMB Enterprise Hyperscale

Core Database Features

Feature MINIMAL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE HYPERSCALER
ACID Transactions ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
MVCC ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Multi-Model Storage ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
RocksDB Engine ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Secondary Indexes ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Graph Traversals ✅ Basic ✅ Full ✅ Full ✅ Advanced
Vector Search (CPU) ✅ Basic ✅ Full ✅ Full ✅ Advanced
Time-Series ✅ Basic ✅ Full ✅ Advanced ✅ Advanced
AQL Query Language ✅ Basic ✅ Full ✅ Full ✅ Full

AI/ML Features

Feature MINIMAL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE HYPERSCALER
LLM Integration (llama.cpp) ❌ ✅ Optional ✅ Optional ✅ Full
GPU Acceleration ❌ ✅ Optional ✅ Full ✅ Multi-GPU
CUDA Support ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
Vulkan/HIP/OpenCL ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
Image Analysis Plugin ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
Voice Assistant ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Content Processors ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
Hybrid Search (RAG) ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅

Network Protocols

Feature MINIMAL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE HYPERSCALER
HTTP/1.1 (REST) ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
GraphQL ✅ Basic ✅ ✅ ✅
SSE (Server-Sent Events) ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
HTTP/2 + Server Push ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
WebSocket ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
gRPC ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
MQTT ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
PostgreSQL Wire ❌ 🚧 Alpha 🚧 Alpha ✅
HTTP/3 (QUIC) ❌ 🚧 Planned v1.6+ 🚧 Planned v1.6+ ✅ Planned v1.6+
MCP (Model Context) ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅

Distribution & Scaling

Feature MINIMAL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE HYPERSCALER
Max Nodes 1 1 100 Unlimited
Horizontal Sharding ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Replication ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Multi-Master ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
RAID Modes ❌ ❌ ✅ All ✅ All
Auto-Rebalancing ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Kubernetes Operator ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
Cross-Region ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅

Security & Compliance

Feature MINIMAL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE HYPERSCALER
TLS 1.2/1.3 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Basic Authentication ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
JWT Tokens ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
RBAC ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Field-Level Encryption ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
HSM Support ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Audit Logging ✅ Basic ✅ ✅ Advanced ✅ Advanced
Secrets Management ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Certificate Pinning ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅

Analytics & Processing

Feature MINIMAL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE HYPERSCALER
Basic Aggregations ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
GROUP BY / COLLECT ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
OLAP (CUBE/ROLLUP) ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Window Functions ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
CEP (Complex Events) ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Materialized Views ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
CDC (Change Data Capture) ❌ ✅ Basic ✅ Advanced ✅ Advanced
Stream Processing ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅

Observability

Feature MINIMAL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE HYPERSCALER
Prometheus Metrics ✅ Basic ✅ ✅ ✅
OpenTelemetry Tracing ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
Grafana Dashboards ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
Health Checks ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Performance Counters ✅ Basic ✅ ✅ ✅ Advanced
SIEM Integration ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅

Support & Licensing

Aspect MINIMAL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE HYPERSCALER
Support Community Community 24/7 + TAM Dedicated Team
SLA None None 99.9% 99.99%+
Updates Self-service Self-service Managed Managed
Training Documentation Documentation Included Customized
Professional Services ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Custom Development ❌ ❌ Optional Included

Use Case Recommendations

Choose MINIMAL if:

  • 🔹 You need embedded database for IoT/edge devices
  • 🔹 You want fast builds (<10 minutes) for CI/CD
  • 🔹 You have limited resources (RAM, storage, CPU)
  • 🔹 You only need core CRUD operations
  • 🔹 You're learning ThemisDB internals
  • 🔹 You need smallest binary for distribution

Choose COMMUNITY if:

  • 🆓 You need full database features without cost
  • 🆓 You want optional LLM/GPU acceleration
  • 🆓 You're building single-server applications
  • 🆓 You need modern protocols (WebSocket, gRPC)
  • 🆓 You're a startup or SMB
  • 🆓 You need vector search with GPU support

Choose ENTERPRISE if:

  • 🔒 You need horizontal scaling (2-100 nodes)
  • 🔒 You require high availability with replication
  • 🔒 You need advanced security (RBAC, HSM)
  • 🔒 You want 24/7 support with SLA
  • 🔒 You're a large enterprise or government
  • 🔒 You need compliance features (audit, encryption)

Choose HYPERSCALER if:

  • 🌐 You're operating at massive scale (100+ nodes)
  • 🌐 You need multi-datacenter deployment
  • 🌐 You require custom features and dedicated support
  • 🌐 You're a cloud provider or large platform
  • 🌐 You need unlimited scaling and customization
  • 🌐 You want strategic partnership with vendor

Migration Path

From MINIMAL → COMMUNITY

# Rebuild with COMMUNITY edition
cmake -DTHEMIS_EDITION=COMMUNITY ...

Zero downtime: Data format is compatible, just rebuild and restart.

From COMMUNITY → ENTERPRISE

# Contact sales@themisdb.com for license
# Then rebuild with ENTERPRISE edition
cmake -DTHEMIS_EDITION=ENTERPRISE ...

Downtime required: May need data migration for sharding setup.

From ENTERPRISE → HYPERSCALER

# Custom deployment with vendor support
# Includes architecture review and migration plan

Professional Services: Vendor-managed migration with zero data loss guarantee.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I upgrade from MINIMAL to COMMUNITY later?

Yes! The data format is identical. Just rebuild with THEMIS_EDITION=COMMUNITY and restart.

What happens if I exceed MINIMAL limitations?

The server will continue to work but won't provide features disabled in MINIMAL (LLM, GPU, etc.).

Can I use MINIMAL in production?

Yes! MINIMAL is production-ready for single-node, resource-constrained deployments.

Is MINIMAL truly open source?

Yes! MINIMAL is fully open source under MIT license, same as COMMUNITY.

Can I build MINIMAL with custom features?

Yes! You can selectively enable features (e.g., THEMIS_ENABLE_TRACING=ON) even in MINIMAL.

How much smaller is MINIMAL compared to COMMUNITY?

~50-80% smaller in binary size and memory footprint, ~50% faster build times.

Performance Comparison

Single-Node Performance (Standard Hardware)

Metric MINIMAL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE
Entity Writes ~20k ops/s ~45k ops/s ~45k ops/s
Entity Reads ~60k ops/s ~120k ops/s ~120k ops/s
Vector Search (CPU) ~100k q/s ~3M q/s ~3M q/s
Vector Search (GPU) N/A ~60M q/s ~60M q/s
Graph Traverse ~2M ops/s ~9M ops/s ~9M ops/s
Query Latency ~2-10 μs ~0.3-2 μs ~0.3-2 μs

Hardware: 4-core CPU @ 3.7 GHz, 16 GB RAM, NVMe SSD

Multi-Node Performance (ENTERPRISE/HYPERSCALER)

Metric ENTERPRISE (10 nodes) HYPERSCALER (100 nodes)
Total Writes ~450k ops/s ~4.5M ops/s
Total Reads ~1.2M ops/s ~12M ops/s
Cross-Shard Latency ~5-15 ms ~10-30 ms
Replication Lag <100 ms <500 ms

License Compliance

MINIMAL & COMMUNITY (MIT License)

- ✅ Commercial use allowed
- ✅ Modification allowed
- ✅ Distribution allowed
- ✅ Private use allowed
- ⚠️ No warranty
- ⚠️ No liability

ENTERPRISE & HYPERSCALER (Commercial License)

- ✅ All MIT rights
- ✅ + Commercial support
- ✅ + SLA guarantees
- ✅ + Professional services
- ✅ + Warranty included
- ✅ + Liability coverage

Summary

When to use... Edition
Learning ThemisDB MINIMAL or COMMUNITY
Embedded/IoT devices MINIMAL
Single-server apps COMMUNITY
SMB/Startup (free) COMMUNITY
Enterprise (2-100 nodes) ENTERPRISE
Cloud provider/platform HYPERSCALER
Need 24/7 support ENTERPRISE or HYPERSCALER
Custom development HYPERSCALER

For detailed pricing and licensing information, contact sales@themisdb.com

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