DBMS > mSQL vs. PostGIS vs. Solr vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. PostGIS vs. Solr vs. Transwarp Hippo

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines

Name

Description

mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS

Spatial extension of PostgreSQL

A widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene

Cloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

Spatial DBMS

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	1.27
Rank	#167	Overall
	#77	Relational DBMS

Score	22.69
Rank	#29	Overall
	#1	Spatial DBMS

Score	42.91
Rank	#24	Overall
	#3	Search engines

Score	0.00
Rank	#383	Overall
	#13	Vector DBMS

Website

hughestech.com.au/products/msql

postgis.net

solr.apache.org

www.transwarp.cn/en/subproduct/hippo

Technical documentation

postgis.net/documentation

solr.apache.org/resources.html

Developer

Hughes Technologies

Apache Software Foundation

Initial release

1994

2005

2006

2023

Current release

4.4, October 2021

3.4.2, February 2024

9.6.0, April 2024

1.0, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

free licenses can be provided

Open Source

GPL v2.0

Open Source

Apache Version 2

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.

Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows

All OS with a Java VM

runs as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)

Linux
macOS

Data scheme

yes

Dynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

supports customizable data types and automatic typing

Vector, Numeric and String

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

All search fields are automatically indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented

no subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers

yes

Solr Parallel SQL Interface

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC

Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl

.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

C++
Java
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

Java plugins

Triggers

yes

User configurable commands triggered on index changes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

yes

based on PostgreSQL

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

based on PostgreSQL

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

spark-solr: github.com/lucidworks/spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

optimistic locking

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

based on PostgreSQL

yes

Role based access control and fine grained access rights

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources

DB-Engines blog posts

Spatial database management systems
6 April 2021, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Elasticsearch replaced Solr as the most popular search engine
12 January 2016, Paul Andlinger

Enterprise Search Engines almost double their popularity in the last 12 months
2 July 2014, Paul Andlinger

The DB-Engines ranking includes now search engines
4 February 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Higher Education PS rules out ghost students before PAC
29 November 2018, diggers.news

provided by Google News

Closing Bell: Solar Alliance Energy Inc flat on Tuesday (SOLR)
24 May 2024, The Globe and Mail

SOLR-led walkout demands better conditions for Compass workers
27 February 2024, Daily Northwestern

(SOLR) Technical Data
17 May 2024, news.stocktradersdaily.com

SOLR hosts teach-in of labor movements at Northwestern
28 January 2024, Daily Northwestern

SOLR hosts May Day amid ongoing contract negotiations
12 May 2024, Daily Northwestern

provided by Google News

Share this page