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System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. Memcached vs. Pinecone vs. ScyllaDB

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NameManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA managed, cloud-native vector databaseCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelSearch engineKey-value storeVector DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitemanticoresearch.comwww.memcached.orgwww.pinecone.iowww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperManticore SoftwareDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalPinecone Systems, IncScyllaDB
Initial release2017200320192015
Current release6.0, February 20231.6.27, May 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++CC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeFixed schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, BooleannoString, Number, Booleanyes
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 XMLnono
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnoyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Proprietary protocolRESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
PythonFor CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes, Lua
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.noyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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Manticore SearchMemcachedPineconeScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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