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DBMS > Manticore Search vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Sphinx vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Sphinx vs. ToroDB

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NameManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engineDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#246  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitemanticoresearch.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbsphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperManticore SoftwareOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)PerconaSphinx Technologies Inc.8Kdata
Initial release20171984201520012016
Current release6.0, February 20237.4.1.1, 20213.4.10-2.10, November 20173.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++Java
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
HP Open VMSLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeFixed schemaFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyesnoyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 XMLnonono
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
proprietary protocol using JSONProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJavaScriptno
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesyes, on a single nodenonono
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.yesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesnoAccess rights for users and roles

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