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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Manticore Search vs. QuestDB vs. Solr

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelDocument storeSearch engineTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitewww.bigchaindb.commanticoresearch.comquestdb.iosolr.apache.org
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestmanual.manticoresearch.comquestdb.io/­docssolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperManticore SoftwareQuestDB Technology IncApache Software Foundation
Initial release2016201720142006
Current release6.0, February 20239.6.1, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustJava
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeschema-freeFixed schemayes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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 indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava plugins
Triggersnonoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID for single-table writesoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoyes
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BigchainDBManticore SearchQuestDBSolr
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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