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DBMS > Manticore Search vs. SAP IQ vs. Solr vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. SAP IQ vs. Solr vs. Sphinx

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NameManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedSearch engineSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibrarySpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#317  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score3.27
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
Score44.28
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score6.03
Rank#60  Overall
#6  Search engines
Websitemanticoresearch.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlsolr.apache.orgsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQsolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperManticore SoftwareSAP, formerly SybaseApache Software FoundationSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2017199420062001
Current release6.0, February 202316.1 SPS04, April 20199.5.0, February 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeFixed schemayesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic 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 XMLnoyes
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceSQL-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
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesJava pluginsno
Triggersnoyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerShardingSharding 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 librarySAP/Sybase Replication Serveryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDoptimistic lockingno
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.yesyesyes 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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesno

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