DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Elasticsearch vs. IBM Db2 vs. Quasardb vs. Speedb

System Properties Comparison Elasticsearch vs. IBM Db2 vs. Quasardb vs. Speedb

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA 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 metricCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDB
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score132.83
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Websitewww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2quasar.aiwww.speedb.io
Technical documentationwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmlwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2doc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperElasticIBMquasardbSpeedb
Initial release20101983 infohost version20092020
Current release8.6, January 202312.1, October 20163.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoElastic Licensecommercial infofree version is availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaC and C++C++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binaryno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyes infowith tagsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnono
Triggersyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Source-replica replication with selectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsES-Hadoop Connectornowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Memcached and Redis integrationyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailno
More information provided by the system vendor
ElasticsearchIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2QuasardbSpeedb
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
» more
Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
» more

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
ElasticsearchIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2QuasardbSpeedb
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

Apache Doris for Log and Time Series Data Analysis in NetEase: Why Not Elasticsearch and InfluxDB?
5 June 2024, hackernoon.com

8 Powerful Alternatives to Elasticsearch
25 April 2024, Yahoo Finance

Splunk vs Elasticsearch | A Comparison and How to Choose
12 January 2024, SentinelOne

AI security challenges in generative AI adoption
4 June 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Introducing Elasticsearch Vector Database to Azure OpenAI Service On Your Data (Preview)
26 March 2024, insider.govtech.com

provided by Google News

Use AWS DMS to migrate data from IBM Db2 DPF to an AWS target | Amazon Web Services
28 May 2024, AWS Blog

12 Most Popular Databases in 2024
6 June 2024, MarkTechPost

Denial of Service in IBM DB2 Universal Database
1 June 2024, ITPro Today

IBM Collaborates with AWS to Launch a New Cloud Database Offering, Enabling Customers to Optimize Data ...
27 November 2023, IBM Newsroom

IBM's vintage Db2 database jumps on AWS's cloud bandwagon
29 November 2023, The Register

provided by Google News

Record quasar is most luminous object in the universe
20 February 2024, EarthSky

Quasar Partners with PTC to Empower IoT Customers with High-Performance Data Solutions
11 September 2023, Datanami

QUASAR yacht (Bilgin, 46.8m, 2016)
3 July 2023, Boat International

Gas on the run – ALMA spots the shadow of a molecular outflow from a quasar when the Universe was less than one ...
2 February 2024, waseda.jp

Real-time analytics database startup Imply raises $70M in Series C funding
16 June 2021, SiliconANGLE News

provided by Google News

Redis switches licenses, acquires Speedb to go beyond its core in-memory database
21 March 2024, TechCrunch

Redis Acquires Speedb, Expanding Its Data Platform Capabilities Beyond DRAM
22 March 2024, Datanami

Redis expands data management capabilities with Speedb acquisition – Blocks and Files
22 March 2024, Blocks and Files

Redis Acquires Speedb to Supercharge End-to-End Application Performance at Lower Cost
21 March 2024, GlobeNewswire

Redis acquires storage engine startup Speedb to enhance its open-source database
21 March 2024, SiliconANGLE News

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

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

Present your product here