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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Manticore Search vs. Quasardb vs. Solr vs. Sphinx

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSSearch engineSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibrarySpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgmanticoresearch.comquasar.aisolr.apache.orgsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlmanual.manticoresearch.comdoc.quasar.ai/­mastersolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationManticore SoftwarequasardbApache Software FoundationSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20182017200920062001
Current release1.1.0, April 20236.0, February 20233.14.1, January 20249.6.1, May 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesFixed schemaschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes infointeger and binaryyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingno
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.noCan index from XMLnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes infowith tagsyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoJava pluginsno
Triggersyesnonoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Sharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding infoconsistent hashingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknowith Hadoop integrationspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDoptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes infoby using LevelDByesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailyesno

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