DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. Informix vs. Rockset vs. Transwarp KunDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. Informix vs. Rockset vs. Transwarp KunDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp KunDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBOLTP DBMS based on a distributed architecture and highly compatible with MySQL and Oracle
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.81
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.14
Rank#341  Overall
#149  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixrockset.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­kundb
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.rockset.com
DeveloperAmazonIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.RocksetTranswarp
Initial release201219842019
Current release14.10.FC5, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC, C++ and JavaC++
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesdynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredShardingAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleyes

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 CloudSearchInformixRocksetTranswarp KunDB
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

Recent citations in the news

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

Searching CloudTrail Logs Easily with Amazon CloudSearch | AWS Startups Blog
21 October 2014, AWS Blog

AWS, Microsoft and Google should retire these cloud services
2 June 2020, TechTarget

CloudSearch Update – Price Reduction, Hebrew & Japanese Support, Partitioning, CloudTrail | Amazon Web Services
19 November 2014, AWS Blog

AI-Powered Data Discovery with Amazon Kendra and AWS Glue Data Catalog
16 July 2021, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News

IBM Informix: A key part of IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy
11 January 2024, IBM

IBM Buys Informix for $1 Billion
1 June 2024, ITPro Today

Unlock the value of your Informix data for advanced analytics and AI with watsonx.data
24 April 2024, IBM

IBM Informix review: What you need to know about the software
12 December 2022, TechRepublic

IBM Informix Database in the Cloud | AWS News Blog
1 May 2009, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Rockset upgrades database to meet the needs of AI hybrid search – Blocks and Files
20 May 2024, Blocks and Files

Rockset Announces Native Support for Hybrid Search to Power AI Apps
17 May 2024, Datanami

Rockset launches native support for hybrid vector and text search to power AI apps
16 May 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Data Management News for the Week of May 17; Updates from Anomalo, DataStax, Rockset & More
16 May 2024, Solutions Review

Rockset targets cost control with latest database update
31 January 2024, TechTarget

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

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

Milvus logo

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

Present your product here