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System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Raima Database Manager vs. SingleStore vs. Sphinx

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NameManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitemanticoresearch.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlraima.comwww.singlestore.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.raima.comdocs.singlestore.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperManticore SoftwareOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Raima Inc.SingleStore Inc.Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20171984198420132001
Current release6.0, February 20237.4.1.1, 202115, June 20218.5, January 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
HP Open VMSAndroid
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeFixed schemaFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyesyesno
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationyesno
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioningSharding infohash partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
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 nodeACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesno
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