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DBMS > Manticore Search vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. MonetDB vs. Qdrant vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. MonetDB vs. Qdrant vs. TimescaleDB

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NameManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score1.28
Rank#167  Overall
#7  Vector DBMS
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitemanticoresearch.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.monetdb.orggithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
www.timescale.com
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationqdrant.tech/­documentationdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperManticore SoftwareMicrosoftMonetDB BVQdrantTimescale
Initial release20172010200420212017
Current release6.0, February 2023V12Dec2023 (11.49), December 20232.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++CRustC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeFixed schemayesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, BooleanyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleannumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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 XMLyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsTransact SQLyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding via remote tablesShardingyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryyes, with always 3 replicas availablenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCollection-level replicationSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardKey-based authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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