DB-EnginesextremeDB - Data management wherever you need itEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. Datomic vs. MySQL

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. Datomic vs. MySQL

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonMySQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityWidely used open source RDBMS
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoKey/Value like access via memcached API
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.64
Rank#135  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score1.45
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score999.99
Rank#2  Overall
#2  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.datomic.comwww.mysql.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdocs.datomic.comdev.mysql.com/­doc
DeveloperAmazonCognitectOracle infosince 2010, originally MySQL AB, then Sun
Initial release201220121995
Current release1.0.7180, July 20249.0.0, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL version 2. Commercial licenses with extended functionallity are available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJava, ClojureC and C++
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsyes infoproprietary syntax
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requirednone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioning, sharding with MySQL Cluster or MySQL Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services
3rd partiesCData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Amazon CloudSearchDatomicMySQL
DB-Engines blog posts

Amazon - the rising star in the DBMS market
3 August 2015, Matthias Gelbmann

The DB-Engines ranking includes now search engines
4 February 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

MySQL is the DBMS of the Year 2019
3 January 2020, Matthias Gelbmann, Paul Andlinger

MariaDB strengthens its position in the open source RDBMS market
5 April 2018, Matthias Gelbmann

The struggle for the hegemony in Oracle's database empire
2 May 2017, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Transition from Amazon CloudSearch to Amazon OpenSearch Service
25 July 2024, AWS Blog

AWS to discontinue Cloud9, CodeCommit, CloudSearch and several other services
31 July 2024, Neowin

AWS closes several cloud services to new customers
8 August 2024, InfoWorld

AWS is quietly killing off some services under its new CEO
31 July 2024, The Stack

Amazon CloudSearch – Start Searching in One Hour for Less Than $100 / Month
12 April 2012, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Brazil’s Nubank acquires US software firm Cognitect, creator of Clojure and Datomic
24 July 2020, LatamList

Lucas Cavalcanti on Using Clojure, Microservices, Hexagonal Architecture and Public Cloud at Nubank
16 August 2021, InfoQ.com

Zoona Case Study
16 December 2017, AWS Blog

These are the top 25 people who will have the most influence in tech this year, according to a survey of over
24 July 2019, Business Insider India

(PDF) Datalog: concepts, history, and outlook
28 September 2018, ResearchGate

provided by Google News

MySQL Explained: Your Guide to Mastering This Powerful Database
29 August 2024, Oracle

Amazon RDS for MySQL LTS version 8.4 is now generally available
21 November 2024, AWS Blog

Upgrading Uber’s MySQL Fleet to version 8.0
8 August 2024, Uber

How To Set, Change, and Recover Your MySQL Root Password
3 January 2025, TechRepublic

Snowflake Brings Seamless PostgreSQL and MySQL Integration with New Connectors
16 July 2024, Snowflake

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here