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Difference between Elasticsearch and Amazon DynamoDB

Last Updated : 02 Jul, 2020
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1. Elasticsearch :
Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine. It is open source and can be used for all types of data. It is implemented in Java programming language and supports all operating systems having java virtual machines (J.V.M). It is the main component of Elastic Stack, which is a open source application for data analysis and visualization. It has high scalability and the speed of performing a action is also high which makes it a easy and fast tool for data analysis, processing and visualization.

2. Amazon DynamoDB :
Amazon DynamoDB is a document database that has high scalability. It was given by Amazon in 2012. It has a Primary database model as document store and key value store. It has a commercial license. It uses transactions and follows ACID properties. It has backup facilities and has high security. Amazon DynamoDB is a durable and robust database. It can handle enormous number of requests in a day and is fully managed.



Difference between Elasticsearch and Amazon DynamoDB :

S.NO. Elasticsearch Amazon DynamoDB
1. Elasticsearch is a search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene. Amazon DynamoDB is a scalable database which has data stored on Amazon cloud.
2. The primary database model is a search engine. Primary database model is document store and key value store in Amazon DynamoDB.
3. It has no concept of transactions. It has concept of transactions satisfying ACID properties.
4. It was developed by ELASTIC in 2010. It was developed by Amazon in 2012.
5. It supports all Operating systems with a Java virtual machine on them. It supports hosted operating systems.
6. It is a open source software. It is a commercial software.
7. It is implemented in java. It does not have java as its implementation language.
8. It is not based on cloud. It is based on cloud.
9. It is considered better than Amazon DynamoDB in terms of ranking. It is considered less than Elasticsearch in terms of ranking.
10. It has Server-side scripts. It doesn’t have Server-side scripts.


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