DB-EnginesextremeDB - solve IoT connectivity disruptionsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. GeoSpock vs. Redis

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. GeoSpock vs. Redis

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonRedis  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scalePopular in-memory data platform used as a cache, message broker, and database that can be deployed on-premises, across clouds, and hybrid environments infoRedis focuses on performance so most of its design decisions prioritize high performance and very low latencies.
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSKey-value store infoMultiple data types and a rich set of operations, as well as configurable data expiration, eviction and persistence
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store infowith RedisJSON
Graph DBMS infowith RedisGraph
Spatial DBMS
Search engine infowith RediSearch
Time Series DBMS infowith RedisTimeSeries
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.61
Rank#135  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score155.36
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Key-value stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchgeospock.comredis.com
redis.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdocs.redis.com/­latest/­index.html
redis.io/­docs
DeveloperAmazonGeoSpockRedis project core team, inspired by Salvatore Sanfilippo infoDevelopment sponsored by Redis Inc.
Initial release20122009
Current release2.0, September 20197.2.5, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infosource-available extensions (modules), commercial licenses for Redis Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJava, JavascriptC
Server operating systemshostedhostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows infoported and maintained by Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedtemporal, categoricalyes infowith RediSearch module
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)with RediSQL module
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJDBCproprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization Protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoLua; Redis Functions coming in Redis 7 (slides and Github)
Triggersnonopublish/subscribe channels provide some trigger functionality; RedisGears
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredAutomatic shardingSharding infoAutomatic hash-based sharding with support for hash-tags for manual sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSMulti-source replication infowith Redis Enterprise Pack
Source-replica replication infoChained replication is supported
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonothrough RedisGears
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Causal consistency can be enabled in Active-Active databases
Strong consistency with Redis Raft
Strong eventual consistency with Active-Active
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoAtomic execution of command blocks and scripts and optimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logs
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAccess Control Lists (ACLs): redis.io/­docs/­management/­security/­acl
LDAP and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Redis Enterprise
Mutual TLS authentication: redis.io/­docs/­management/­security/­encryption
Password-based authentication

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

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

More resources
Amazon CloudSearchGeoSpockRedis
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

PostgreSQL is the DBMS of the Year 2018
2 January 2019, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis are the winners of the March ranking
2 March 2016, Paul Andlinger

MongoDB is the DBMS of the year, defending the title from last year
7 January 2015, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

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

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

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

Amazon CloudSearch – Even Better Searching for Less Than $100/Month
24 March 2014, AWS Blog

AWS CodeCommit, Cloud9 closure communication critiqued
2 August 2024, TechTarget

provided by Google News

How GeoSpock is supercharging geospatial analytics
23 February 2021, ComputerWeekly.com

GeoSpock and X-Locations Collaborate to Deliver Next Generation Location Data Analysis in Japan
25 March 2019, Business Wire

Smart Cities, Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial General Intelligence Robotics: Q&A with Steve Marsh, GeoSpock
16 May 2018, ExchangeWire

GeoSpock’s extreme-scale data mission in $5.4m funding boost
8 October 2020, Cambridge Independent

Big data processing techniques to streamline analytics
5 October 2018, TechTarget

provided by Google News

Valkey 8.1’s Performance Gains Disrupt In-Memory Databases
25 March 2025, The New Stack

Best of 2024: Valkey is Rapidly Overtaking Redis
23 December 2024, DevOps.com

Redis Inc seeks control over future of Rust redis-rs client library, amid talk of trademark concerns
27 November 2024, DevClass

Redis debuts new data integration and AI features for its database
23 August 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Majority of Redis users considering alternatives after less permissive licensing move
20 September 2024, The Register

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it 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

Milvus logo

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

Neo4j logo

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

RaimaDB logo

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

Present your product here