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MarkLogic Server

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What is MarkLogic Server?

MarkLogic Server is a multi-model database that has both NoSQL and trusted enterprise data management capabilities. The vendor states it is the most secure multi-model database, and it’s deployable in any environment. They state it is an ideal database to…

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MarkLogic is a versatile software used by various industries to implement solutions for their clients. It is utilized in publishing …
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Pricing

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Low Priority Fixed

$0.01

Cloud
per MCU/per hour + 0.10 per GB/per month

Standard Reserved

$0.07

Cloud
per MCU/per hour + 0.10 per GB/per month

Standard On-Demand

$0.13

Cloud
per MCU/per hour + 0.10 per GB/per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is MarkLogic Server?

MarkLogic Server is a multi-model database that has both NoSQL and trusted enterprise data management capabilities. The vendor states it is the most secure multi-model database, and it’s deployable in any environment. They state it is an ideal database to power a data hub.

Since the February 2023 acquisition, MarkLogic is a Progress brand.

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MarkLogic Server Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

MarkLogic Server is a multi-model database that has both NoSQL and trusted enterprise data management capabilities. The vendor states it is the most secure multi-model database, and it’s deployable in any environment. They state it is an ideal database to power a data hub.

Lucidworks Fusion, Microsoft SharePoint, and Elasticsearch are common alternatives for MarkLogic Server.

The most common users of MarkLogic Server are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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MarkLogic is a versatile software used by various industries to implement solutions for their clients. It is utilized in publishing workflows, enterprise search, big data analytics, and the semantic web. Users have praised its powerful geospatial search feature, which efficiently searches locations based on latitude and longitude. MarkLogic's indexing and tokenization techniques contribute to the quick execution of search queries.

Healthcare organizations rely on MarkLogic as a backend store for patient records, enabling storage, retrieval, and updates. By using a micro-services approach with patient matching and search functionality, MarkLogic helps keep patients up-to-date across multiple hospitals. It also serves as a central store for companies dealing with large amounts of data across multiple clusters, providing efficient storage and search capabilities.

In the academic publishing field, MarkLogic is extensively used for end-to-end data flow, including metadata and full-text content. Its newer features like semantics and JavaScript support are leveraged to develop cutting-edge technology.

MarkLogic's multi-model approach, scalability, and exceptional performance in handling XML data make it a preferred choice. It is also employed for reporting purposes with potential for future OLTP and OLAP services. Companies utilize MarkLogic to create DataHubs that consolidate data from various sources, enabling business teams to leverage the data with BI tools.

The technology department at Zynx Health relies on MarkLogic as the primary database layer for clinical decision support analytics. MarkLogic's XML-based solution proves valuable in handling hierarchically structured and semi-structured healthcare data.

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November 19, 2018

Mark’it with Logic_9553

Lakkireddy Rama Narayana Reddy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Lakkireddy Rama Narayana Reddy
Software Engineer
ValueMomentum (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
MarkLogic is very well suited for all XML and JSON files to get loaded and to derive insights from those huge data sets. It is less appropriate when the number of files is directly proportional to run the query, which should be taken into consideration.
November 19, 2018

Close to perfect NoSQL DB

Prabhudayal Acharya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Prabhudayal Acharya
Senior Software Engineering
Mindtree (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are storing META data then MarkLogic is super useful as it retrieves everything so fast, while storing the whole data shows performance issues some times. If you have legacy systems then migrating from it would really require sweat and blood, on the other hand if you are in systems like Node.js you can simply integrate two systems easily. If you don't know how in the end your your data schema will look like then it's better to make a prototype using MarkLogic.
October 19, 2015

If you like XML, and you need an enterprise-grade database platform, MarkLogic towers above all others.

Richard Winslow | TrustRadius Reviewer
Richard Winslow
Director, Platform Engineering
Verifico (Internet, 51-200 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
If you're looking at MarkLogic because you need an enterprise-grade XML-based database (not just any document store, but specifically XML-based), then the choice is easy. If your needs are more general, and you're looking at MarkLogic as an "enterprise NoSQL" solution, then you should look carefully at the feature set, your current and anticipated needs, and what your options are for achieving "enterprise" goals with other solutions (and engineering investments of your own, including DevOps work).

If MarkLogic still looks good after such analysis, consider whether your team is ready for the investment. Is the team small enough and/or eager enough to buy in, intellectually, to an "exotic" platform like MarkLogic? Can they leave behind the relational mindset and take the time to deeply understand and become productive with XML and the XML ecosystem (e.g., XQuery, XSLT)?
October 16, 2015

Fantastic if it fits into the use-case

Marcus Young | TrustRadius Reviewer
Marcus Young
Web Application Developer
Aloompa (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees)
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
In an area where it will be built once and maintained, it shines. If you aim to use CI, temporary environments, or anything else, it is not very effective. Licensing is almost impossible on boxes that are to be created on the fly.
October 12, 2015

MarkLogic- The Swiss Army Knife of data platforms

Harry Bakken | TrustRadius Reviewer
Harry Bakken
Principal Consultant
Avalon Consulting, LLC (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
There are few situations where MarkLogic is not well suited, however there's certainly use cases where it is using a missile to swat a fly. Important considerations in the selection process include:

  • Mission critical nature of your data
  • Complexity of your data- do you have polystructured data?
  • Data volume- MarkLogic can handle few records, but it's really meant to house significant volumes of data.
  • Composition of your development team
  • Lifecycle of your system
October 07, 2015

Can You Bet on It?

Daniel Davenport | TrustRadius Reviewer
Daniel Davenport
Search Engineer
Catalyst Repository Systems (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
The first question is [around] how rigidly your data is structured. If it is well structured and non-volatile, an RDBMS database is an alternative. If it is not well structured or the structure changes, a NoSQL database should definitely be considered. However, there is no free lunch. NoSQL requires a different mindset and skill set. It is easy to set up a prototype that runs but much harder to design it to really take advantage of the speed it is capable of. To be able to query 10TB of data and get an accurate subsecond response is a thing of beauty. To be able to do it consistently requires a lot of deep technical knowledge. People with deep technical knowledge of MarkLogic, NoSQL, XML, and XQuery are in great demand. You will need a good plan to find, grow, and keep such talent.
October 06, 2015

MarkLogic - NoSQL with an edge

Beverly Jamison | TrustRadius Reviewer
Beverly Jamison
Senior Director, IT Architecture and Publishing Solutions
American Psychological Association (Publishing, 501-1000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
We first purchased MarkLogic licenses in 2008, when we were a publisher with lots of XML and they were an XML database. That was a pretty clear fit. Since then, they have moved into the mainstream of NoSQL and so have we. I think they would be a good fit for anyone that has NoSQL needs that also require industrial strength transaction safety, ability to scale, and that sort of feature. They are commercial, not open source, so if someone is committed to the whole stack being open source, then this is not a good fit.
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