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

DBMS > Apache Solr vs. Elasticsearch vs. Manticore Search

System Properties Comparison Apache Solr vs. Elasticsearch vs. Manticore Search

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameApache Solr  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.
Primary database modelSearch engineSearch engine
Vector DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score32.40
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score128.08
Rank#8  Overall
#1  Search engines
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#291  Overall
#21  Search engines
Websitesolr.apache.orgwww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchmanticoresearch.com
Technical documentationsolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmlmanual.manticoresearch.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationElasticManticore Software
Initial release200620102017
Current release9.6.1, May 20248.6, January 20236.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoElastic LicenseOpen Source infoGPL version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentFixed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Boolean
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.yesnoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Supported programming languages.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava pluginsyesuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesSynchronous replication based on Galera library
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceES-Hadoop Connectorno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic lockingnoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesMemcached and Redis integration
User concepts infoAccess controlyesno

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
Apache SolrElasticsearchManticore Search
DB-Engines blog posts

PostgreSQL is the DBMS of the Year 2017
2 January 2018, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

Elasticsearch moved into the top 10 most popular database management systems
3 July 2017, Matthias Gelbmann

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

show all

Recent citations in the news

(SOLR) Long Term Investment Analysis
22 April 2025, news.stocktradersdaily.com

Migrate from Apache Solr to OpenSearch
18 July 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

SOLR hand-delivers petition in support of dining workers after vote to authorize strike last week
7 March 2025, The Daily Northwestern

Flexible Searching with Solr and Sunspot
7 November 2024, SitePoint

Unveiling Mechanisms of Nano‐ and Picosecond Laser Scribing of Bilayer Molybdenum Thin Films on Flexible Polyimide for CuInxGa(1−x)Se2 Solar Photovoltaic Module Fabrication
3 April 2025, Wiley Online Library

provided by Google News

Elastic Delivers Performance Gains for Users Running Elasticsearch on Google Axion Processors
10 April 2025, Business Wire

Amazon OpenSearch Service announces Standard and Extended Support dates for Elasticsearch and OpenSearch versions
7 November 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Elasticsearch will be open source again as CTO declares changed landscape
2 September 2024, devclass

Elasticsearch Was Great, But Vector Databases Are the Future
18 November 2024, The New Stack

Quesma bridges Elasticsearch and SQL, promises faster, cheaper queries
4 April 2025, Blocks and Files

provided by Google News

Manticore is on search for new investment and partners
9 December 2024, Blocks and Files

Comparing Meilisearch and Manticore Search Using Key Benchmarks
2 May 2023, HackerNoon

Clickhouse vs Elasticsearch vs Manticore Search Query Times With a 1.7B NYC Taxi Rides Benchmark
1 June 2022, HackerNoon

Vector Search in Databases: FOSDEM's Presentation on Manticore Vector Search
21 February 2024, HackerNoon

Optimizing Elastic Search for High-Load Applications
18 August 2023, HackerNoon

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

Neo4j logo

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

Milvus logo

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