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System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. Memcached vs. QuestDB vs. Valentina Server

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NameManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelSearch engineKey-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMS
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
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitemanticoresearch.comwww.memcached.orgquestdb.iowww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiquestdb.io/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperManticore SoftwareDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalQuestDB Technology IncParadigma Software
Initial release2017200320141999
Current release6.0, February 20231.6.27, May 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++CJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeFixed schemaschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleannoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL with time-series extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Proprietary protocolHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitySource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesnoACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Manticore SearchMemcachedQuestDBValentina Server
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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