DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > searchxml vs. Solr vs. Speedb vs. Sphinx vs. Splice Machine

System Properties Comparison searchxml vs. Solr vs. Speedb vs. Sphinx vs. Splice Machine

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
Namesearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesOpen-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and Spark
Primary database modelNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Search engineKey-value storeSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.54
Rank#252  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssolr.apache.orgwww.speedb.iosphinxsearch.comsplicemachine.com
Technical documentationwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutssolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docssplicemachine.com/­how-it-works
Developerinformationpartners gmbhApache Software FoundationSpeedbSphinx Technologies Inc.Splice Machine
Initial release20152006202020012014
Current release1.09.6.1, May 20243.5.1, February 20233.1, March 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC++JavaC++C++Java
Server operating systemsWindowsAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingnonoyes
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexednoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSolr Parallel SQL InterfacenoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocolJDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoon the application serverJava pluginsnonoyes infoJava
Triggersnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsyesyesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reducenonoYes, via Full Spark Integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writeroptimistic lockingyesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesyesnonoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
searchxmlSolrSpeedbSphinxSplice Machine
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
» more
Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
» more

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
searchxmlSolrSpeedbSphinxSplice Machine
DB-Engines blog posts

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

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

show all

Recent citations in the news

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

Solr Network Launches Groundbreaking Solana Token Creator
28 May 2024, AccessWire

(SOLR) Technical Data
17 May 2024, Stock Traders Daily

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

Top 5 stock gainers and losers: SOLR.V, GRSL.V, ANON.C
21 November 2023, Equity.Guru

provided by Google News

Redis switches licenses, acquires Speedb to go beyond its core in-memory database
21 March 2024, TechCrunch

Redis acquires storage engine startup Speedb to enhance its open-source database
21 March 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Redis Acquires Speedb, Expanding Its Data Platform Capabilities Beyond DRAM
22 March 2024, Datanami

Redis expands data management capabilities with Speedb acquisition – Blocks and Files
22 March 2024, Blocks and Files

Redis Acquires Speedb to Supercharge End-to-End Application Performance at Lower Cost
21 March 2024, GlobeNewswire

provided by Google News

Switching From Sphinx to MkDocs Documentation — What Did I Gain and Lose
2 February 2024, Towards Data Science

5 Powerful Alternatives to Elasticsearch
25 April 2024, Insider Monkey

Manticore is a Faster Alternative to Elasticsearch in C++
25 July 2022, hackernoon.com

Royal Mail stamp prices could rise, warns Czech Sphinx
3 June 2024, Proactive Investors UK

Perplexity AI: From Its Use To Operation, Everything You Need To Know About Google's Newest Challenger
11 January 2024, Free Press Journal

provided by Google News

Machine learning data pipeline outfit Splice Machine files for insolvency
26 August 2021, The Register

Splice Machine Launches the Splice Machine Feature Store to Simplify Feature Engineering and Democratize Machine ...
19 January 2021, PR Newswire

Splice Machine Launches Feature Store to Simplify Feature Engineering
19 January 2021, Datanami

Real-time machine learning with Splice Machine's ML Manager
17 April 2019, TechTarget

How To Axe Db2 But Keep Your Code
10 March 2020, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Present your product here