MarkLogic vs TiDB Cloud
MarkLogic
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TiDB Cloud
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| Figure | MarkLogic | TiDB Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 13 |
| Spec score · Database Software | 8.8 (#16) | 9.2 (#5) |
| Founded | 1981 | 2015 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | Official connectors are provided for MuleSoft, Apache NiFi, ODBC and Pega, with NiFi integration using the Java Client API and DMSDK. | Official integrations include Kubernetes via TiDB Operator, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, Kafka, Flink, Confluent, Airbyte, Amazon AppFlow and dbt. |
| Product | MarkLogic is a semantic data platform built around a multi-model database and semantic AI technology. | TiDB Cloud is a fully managed cloud database service built around an open-source distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.3 out of 5 from 65 reviews | 4.6 out of 5 from 66 reviews |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 4.5 out of 5 from 143 reviews | 4.9 out of 5 from 165 ratings |
| Rating on GetApp | 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews | 0 out of 5 from 0 reviews |
| Security | 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. | TiDB Cloud supports email and password login, standard SSO, organization SSO, private endpoints, public endpoints, and console audit logging across all four listed plans. |
| Self-hosting | The product can be deployed on premises, in private or hybrid clouds, in customer-selected infrastructure and in containers. | TiDB Community can be deployed with TiDB Operator on Kubernetes or with Terraform-based AWS EKS and Google GKE procedures. |
| What it does | MarkLogic Server is a unified enterprise data platform for storing, integrating, searching and analyzing complex data. | TiDB Cloud is a fully managed distributed SQL database service for transactional, analytical, vector-search and AI workloads. |
Plans
MarkLogic
- DeveloperFree
- Bring-Your-Own LicensePriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Managed SaaSPriced on request
- Progress Data PlatformPriced on request
TiDB Cloud
- TiDB Cloud StarterFree
- TiDB Cloud EssentialPrice not published
- TiDB Cloud Premium$1,800 a month
- TiDB Cloud Dedicated$0.22 a month
- StarterFree
- TiDB Cloud StarterFree
- Essential$400 a month
- Dedicated$1,376 a month
- Premium$1,800 a month
- TiDB Cloud Premium Preview$1,800 a month
In their own words
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.
TiDB Cloud
TiDB Cloud is a managed cloud database service built around an open-source distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility. It supports transactional and analytical workloads, horizontal scaling, multi-region deployment, and geo-partitioning across Starter, Essential, Premium, and Dedicated plans. Starter includes up to 25 GiB of row storage, 25 GiB of column storage, and 250 million Request Units per month per organization, for up to the first five instances. Its on-demand compute scales to zero when idle, and vector storage and search are in public preview. CSV, Parquet, and SQL file imports are supported across the listed plans. Email and password login, SSO options, private and public endpoints, and console audit logging are listed across all four plans. Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog integrations are listed for Essential, Premium, and Dedicated in public preview. All users can submit billing and account support tickets; guaranteed technical-ticket response times require paid support plans. The service is available through web and API platforms. Starter is free; the Dedicated plan is listed as starting at $0.22 a month and from $1376 / month.