Amazon ElastiCache vs MarkLogic
Amazon ElastiCache
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MarkLogic
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| Figure | Amazon ElastiCache | MarkLogic |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.09/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 5 |
| Spec score · NoSQL Databases | 9.4 (#1) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Compliance | AWS lists ElastiCache as supporting SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO, MTCS, C5, PCI, HIPAA, and FedRAMP programs. | The security page says MarkLogic complies with GDPR and describes Common Criteria and STIG evaluations or deployments. |
| Deployment | Customers can run ElastiCache as a serverless cache or as a node-based cluster. | MarkLogic can be deployed on premises, in virtualized environments, in public cloud, or in hybrid environments. |
| Founded | 2006 | 1981 |
| Rating on G2 | 4.5 out of 5 from 88 reviews | 4.3 out of 5 from 65 reviews |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 4.0 out of 5 from 1 review | 4.5 out of 5 from 143 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.5 out of 5 from 2 reviews | 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews |
| Rating on TrustRadius | 8.9 out of 10 from 17 reviews | 9 out of 10 from 18 reviews |
| Security | ElastiCache supports encryption in transit and at rest, IAM authentication, Valkey or Redis OSS AUTH, and role-based access control. | MarkLogic describes its security as secure by default and lists role-based access controls, element or property-level security, built-in auditing, and AES-256 encryption at rest. |
| System requirements | Clusters are designed for access from Amazon EC2, require VPC subnet and security-group preparation, and support all AWS Regions. | For production, the installation guide recommends at least eight vCPUs and 8 GB memory per vCPU on each host, with synchronized cluster clocks. |
| What it does | Amazon ElastiCache is a managed cloud service for deploying, operating, and scaling distributed in-memory caches and data stores. | MarkLogic Server is a unified enterprise data platform for storing, integrating, searching and analyzing complex data. |
Plans
Amazon ElastiCache
- AWS Free TierFree
- Backup storage$0.09 a month
- ElastiCache Serverless$6 a month
- ElastiCache Serverless$6 a month
- Database Savings PlansPrice not published
- On-demand nodesPrice not published
MarkLogic
- DeveloperFree
- Bring-Your-Own LicensePriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Managed SaaSPriced on request
- Progress Data PlatformPriced on request
In their own words
Amazon ElastiCache
Amazon ElastiCache is a managed caching service compatible with Valkey, Memcached, and Redis OSS, with performance described as microsecond latency. Customers can deploy a serverless cache or a node-based cluster. ElastiCache Serverless monitors compute, memory, and network use and scales vertically and horizontally as demand changes. It replicates data across multiple Availability Zones and offers a 99.99% availability SLA for each cache. Listed uses include application and semantic caching, data and session stores, and leaderboards. It can act as a front-end cache for Amazon RDS, Aurora, DocumentDB, and DynamoDB, and improve performance with EC2 and EMR. Security options include encryption in transit and at rest, IAM authentication, Valkey or Redis OSS AUTH, and role-based access control. CloudWatch provides more than 40 operational metrics at no additional charge. Valkey serverless pricing starts at $6 a month, billed according to stored data in GB-hours and requests measured in ECPUs. Data tiering is unavailable with ElastiCache Serverless.
MarkLogic
MarkLogic is a semantic data platform built around a multi-model database and semantic AI technology. MarkLogic Server handles document, semantic graph, and geospatial data natively, and provides relational views for SQL analytics. Built-in search indexes information immediately and applies relevancy scoring. MarkLogic Data Hub ingests information from sources, indexes it for querying and search, then curates it through harmonization, mastering, and enrichment. The platform can run on premises, in virtualized environments, public cloud, or hybrid environments; managed hosting for Server and Data Hub includes installation, upgrades, backups, monitoring, and user management. Security capabilities include role-based controls, element- or property-level security, auditing, and AES-256 encryption at rest, with LDAP, Kerberos, and SAML authentication integration. It supports high availability, horizontal scaling, disaster recovery, rollbacks, and point-in-time recovery. The Developer edition permits up to 1TB of data for noncommercial use, while enterprise storage is listed as unlimited. A free plan and free trial are available, but no plan prices are listed.