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Elasticsearch vs MySQL

Elasticsearch and MySQL are both listed under Databases in the DevPages directory. This page puts the details we hold for each of them side by side.

It does not score them and does not pick a winner. Fields the catalog has no value for say “Not recorded” rather than being filled in with a guess.

Elasticsearch vs MySQL field by field

Elasticsearch, MySQL compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
Elasticsearch
MySQL
CategoryDatabasesDatabases
Pricing modelFreemiumOpen Source
Open sourceYesYes
GitHub stars78.5K12.5K
Key features
  • Full-text search with relevance scoring
  • Distributed architecture and clustering
  • Real-time data ingestion and indexing
  • Powerful aggregations and analytics
  • Multi-tenancy and security features
  • RESTful API and JSON documents
  • Machine learning capabilities
  • Geospatial and time-series support
  • ACID compliance and transactions
  • High performance and scalability
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Replication and clustering support
  • Strong security features
  • Comprehensive backup and recovery
  • Full-text indexing and search
  • JSON data type support
Use cases
  • Application and website search
  • Log and event data analysis
  • Business intelligence and analytics
  • Security information and event management
  • E-commerce product search
  • Real-time application monitoring
  • Geospatial data analysis
  • Machine learning and AI applications
  • Web application backends
  • E-commerce platforms
  • Content management systems
  • Data warehousing
  • Online transaction processing
  • Logging and analytics
  • Enterprise applications
  • Cloud-native applications
Integrations
  • Kibana
  • Logstash
  • Beats
  • Java
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • Spring Data
  • Docker
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Java
  • Node.js
  • WordPress
  • Drupal
  • Laravel
Tags
  • search
  • analytics
  • full-text
  • distributed
  • lucene
  • elk-stack
  • sql
  • relational
  • open-source
  • web-development
  • lamp-stack
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What each one is

Elasticsearch

Distributed search and analytics engine built on Apache Lucene

Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine capable of addressing a growing number of use cases. Built on Apache Lucene, it provides a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with an HTTP web interface and schema-free JSON documents. It's the heart of the Elastic Stack.

Full Elasticsearch listing

MySQL

Popular open-source relational database management system

MySQL is one of the world's most popular open-source relational database management systems. It's known for its reliability, ease of use, and performance. MySQL is widely used in web applications and is a central component of the LAMP stack.

Full MySQL listing

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