DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > EsgynDB vs. Manticore Search vs. MongoDB vs. Riak KV vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. Manticore Search vs. MongoDB vs. Riak KV vs. Snowflake

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.One of the most popular document stores available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructureDistributed, fault tolerant key-value storeCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineDocument storeKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibrarySpatial DBMS
Search engine infointegrated Lucene index, currently in MongoDB Atlas only.
Time Series DBMS infoTime Series Collections introduced in Release 5.0
Vector DBMS infocurrently available in the MongoDB Atlas cloud service only
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.26
Rank#311  Overall
#141  Relational DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score424.53
Rank#5  Overall
#1  Document stores
Score4.95
Rank#76  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score125.38
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnmanticoresearch.comwww.mongodb.comwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comwww.mongodb.com/­docs/­manualwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperEsgynManticore SoftwareMongoDB, IncOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20152017200920092014
Current release6.0, February 20236.0.7, June 20233.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoMongoDB Inc.'s Server Side Public License v1. Prior versions were published under GNU AGPL v3.0. Commercial licenses are also available.Open Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono infoMongoDB available as DBaaS (MongoDB Atlas)noyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
MongoDB Atlas: Global multi-cloud database with unmatched data distribution and mobility across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, built-in automation for resource and workload optimization, and so much more.
Implementation languageC++, JavaC++C++Erlang
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
hosted
Data schemeyesFixed schemaschema-free infoAlthough schema-free, documents of the same collection often follow the same structure. Optionally impose all or part of a schema by defining a JSON schema.schema-freeyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes infostring, integer, double, decimal, boolean, date, object_id, geospatialnoyes
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 fieldsyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageRead-only SQL queries via the MongoDB Atlas SQL Interfacenoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
GraphQL
HTTP REST
Prisma
proprietary protocol using JSON
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Actionscript infounofficial driver
C
C#
C++
Clojure infounofficial driver
ColdFusion infounofficial driver
D infounofficial driver
Dart infounofficial driver
Delphi infounofficial driver
Erlang
Go
Groovy infounofficial driver
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Lisp infounofficial driver
Lua infounofficial driver
MatLab infounofficial driver
Perl
PHP
PowerShell infounofficial driver
Prolog infounofficial driver
Python
R infounofficial driver
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Smalltalk infounofficial driver
Swift
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsJavaScriptErlanguser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes infoin MongoDB Atlas onlyyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding infoPartitioned by hashed, ranged, or zoned sharding keys. Live resharding allows users to change their shard keys as an online operation with zero downtime.Sharding infono "single point of failure"yes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryMulti-Source deployments with MongoDB Atlas Global Clusters
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infocan be individually decided for each read operation
Immediate Consistency infodefault behaviour
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infotypically not used, however similar functionality with DBRef possibleno infolinks between data sets can be storedyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesMulti-document ACID Transactions with snapshot isolationnoACID
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 infooptional, enabled by defaultyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoIn-memory storage engine introduced with MongoDB version 3.2no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users and rolesyes, using Riak SecurityUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
EsgynDBManticore SearchMongoDBRiak KVSnowflake
Specific characteristicsMongoDB provides an integrated suite of cloud database and data services to accelerate...
» more
Competitive advantagesBuilt around the flexible document data model and unified API, MongoDB is a developer...
» more
Typical application scenariosAI-enriched intelligent apps (Continental, Telefonica, Iron Mountain) Internet of...
» more
Key customersADP, Adobe, Amadeus, AstraZeneca, Auto Trader, Barclays, BBVA, Bosch, Cisco, CERN,...
» more
Market metricsHundreds of millions downloads, over 150,000+ Atlas clusters provisioned every month...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsMongoDB database server: Server-Side Public License (SSPL) . Commercial licenses...
» 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
3rd partiesStudio 3T: The world's favorite IDE for working with MongoDB
» more

Navicat for MongoDB gives you a highly effective GUI interface for MongoDB database management, administration and development.
» more

CData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more
CData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
EsgynDBManticore SearchMongoDBRiak KVSnowflake
DB-Engines blog posts

Snowflake is the DBMS of the Year 2021
3 January 2022, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

PostgreSQL is the DBMS of the Year 2020
4 January 2021, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

PostgreSQL is the DBMS of the Year 2018
2 January 2019, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Snowflake is the DBMS of the Year 2022, defending the title from last year
3 January 2023, Matthias Gelbmann, Paul Andlinger

Snowflake is the DBMS of the Year 2021
3 January 2022, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

Vector Search in Databases: FOSDEM's Presentation on Manticore Vector Search
21 February 2024, hackernoon.com

Comparing Meilisearch and Manticore Search Using Key Benchmarks
2 May 2023, hackernoon.com

Manticore is a Faster Alternative to Elasticsearch in C++
25 July 2022, hackernoon.com

8 Google Alternatives: How to Search Crypto, the Dark Web, More
1 February 2023, Gizmodo

TF-IDF in a nutshell. Understanding TF-IDF evolution in 5… | by Sergey Nikolaev
13 April 2020, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News

How to Build Your Own RAG System With LlamaIndex and MongoDB
27 March 2024, Built In

CVA Family Office LLC Invests $73000 in MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB)
27 March 2024, Defense World

MongoDB: The Future Propelled By Atlas Cloud Database (NASDAQ:MDB)
24 March 2024, Seeking Alpha

MongoDB, Inc. (MDB) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It
25 March 2024, Zacks Investment Research

MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages
27 March 2024, MarketBeat

provided by Google News

Basho Revamps Riak Open-Source Database
22 September 2023, InformationWeek

Basho, Maker of Riak NoSQL Database, Raises $25M
13 January 2015, Data Center Knowledge

A Critique of Resizable Hash Tables: Riak Core & Random Slicing
26 August 2018, InfoQ.com

Riak's NoSQL Database and its New Fit with Apache Mesos
19 August 2015, The New Stack

Riak NoSQL snapped up by Bet365
12 September 2017, ComputerWeekly.com

provided by Google News

Observe, the data observability platform, raises $115M with Snowflake investing
27 March 2024, TechCrunch

Domo Expands Native Integration Capabilities within Snowflake Data Cloud
27 March 2024, Business Wire

Observe raises $115M from Sutter Hill, Snowflake Ventures to supercharge data cloud observability
27 March 2024, VentureBeat

Snowflake invests in $115M funding round of Observe, a data observability startup — TFN
28 March 2024, Tech Funding News

Snowflake sees surge in AI analysis in cloud data warehouse – Blocks and Files
25 March 2024, Blocks & Files

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Ontotext logo

GraphDB allows you to link diverse data, index it for semantic search and enrich it via text analysis to build big knowledge graphs. Get 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

Milvus logo

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

Neo4j logo

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

Present your product here