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DBMS > OpenSearch vs. Splunk vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison OpenSearch vs. Splunk vs. VelocityDB

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NameOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneAnalytics Platform for Big DataA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelSearch engineSearch engineGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score17.31
Rank#33  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score91.27
Rank#13  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#388  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
www.splunk.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationopensearch.org/­docs/­latestdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperAmazon Web ServicesSplunk Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release202120032011
Current release2.5.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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STACKIT OpenSearch offers OpenSearch in a managed version in enterprise grade, 100% GDPR-compliant, for a wide range of applications like analytics, website search, offering scalability and fast data access.
Implementation languageJavaC#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST.Net
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesno
Triggersyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesBased on Windows Authentication
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OpenSearchSplunkVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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