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DBMS > EJDB vs. Informix vs. Manticore Search vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. Informix vs. Manticore Search vs. Rockset

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)A secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBSearch engineDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Time Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixmanticoresearch.comrockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
manual.manticoresearch.comdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperSoftmotionsIBM, 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.Manticore SoftwareRockset
Initial release2012198420172019
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20206.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageCC, C++ and JavaC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-lessAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesFixed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleandynamic 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.Can index from XMLno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Synchronous replication based on Galera libraryyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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