Elasticsearch vs rasdaman
Elasticsearch
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rasdaman.orgSide by side
| Figure | Elasticsearch | rasdaman |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $99/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 2 |
| Spec score · Spatial Databases | 8.3 (#12) | 7.7 (#25) |
| Deployment | It can run on premises, in the cloud, across clouds, or as a managed serverless service. | The installation guide describes installing from source or Debian packages and running rasdaman on Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04. |
| Founded | 2012 | 2003 |
| Integrations | Elastic describes 350+ integrations and supports ingestion through Elastic Agent, connectors, APIs, language clients, and Logstash. | The site names Leaflet, NASA WorldWind, QGIS, R, and Python as clients. |
| Support | Elastic Cloud Hosted and Serverless offer four support tiers depending on subscription tier. | The site offers documentation, professional support, and dedicated mailing lists; it also directs users to contact rasdaman GmbH for support. |
Plans
Elasticsearch
- BasicPriced on request
- Standard$99 a month
- Gold$114 a month
- Platinum$131 a month
- Enterprise$184 a month
- Elastic Cloud HostedPrice not published
- Elastic Cloud ServerlessPrice not published
- Self-managed ElasticsearchPriced on request
In their own words
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
rasdaman
rasdaman is a self-hosted database for managing and analyzing large multidimensional arrays, including sensor, image, simulation, and statistics data. It handles raster data, geo coverages, and 3D and 4D arrays. Datacube queries use ISO SQL/MDA and the geo-specific WCPS language, with support for OGC, ISO, and INSPIRE standards such as WCS, WCPS, WMS, and WMTS. Its ETL suite supports more than 100 formats, including JSON, XML, GeoTIFF, and NetCDF. Storage tiling can be tuned for different access patterns, and named clients include Leaflet, NASA WorldWind, QGIS, R, and Python. The free Community plan costs nothing and provides core array-database features. Installation guidance covers source or Debian packages on Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04, recommends at least 8 GB memory, and notes about 400 MB disk use.