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System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. Sphinx vs. ToroDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  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.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQLCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelSearch engineSearch engineDocument storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#16  Vector DBMS
Websitemanticoresearch.comsphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­torodb/­serverwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperManticore SoftwareSphinx Technologies Inc.8Kdata
Initial release2017200120162023
Current release6.0, February 20233.5.1, February 20231.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VMLinux
macOS
Data schemeFixed schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleannoyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_idVector, Numeric and String
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
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)no
APIs and other access methodsBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Proprietary protocolRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate 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 infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users and rolesRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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