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DBMS > Manticore Search vs. PouchDB vs. Qdrant vs. Rockset vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. PouchDB vs. Qdrant vs. Rockset vs. Sphinx

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NameManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelSearch engineDocument storeVector DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitemanticoresearch.compouchdb.comgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
rockset.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.compouchdb.com/­guidesqdrant.tech/­documentationdocs.rockset.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperManticore SoftwareApache Software FoundationQdrantRocksetSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20172012202120192001
Current release6.0, February 20237.1.1, June 20193.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptRustC++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeFixed schemaschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, BooleannoNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleandynamic typingno
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes infovia viewsyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textall fields are automatically indexedyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
HTTP RESTProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScript.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Go
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 functionsView functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeShardingAutomatic shardingSharding 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 libraryMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Collection-level replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesnonono
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.yes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyesyes 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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoKey-based authenticationAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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