Architecture

Distributed by design. Deployed where your data lives.

Cloud
On-Prem
Edge

07 / Comparison

How MonkDB compares,
feature by feature.

A side-by-side of the capabilities enterprise teams evaluate when consolidating onto a unified data plane. Sources: vendor documentation, public benchmarks, and customer deployments.

Deployment

Where it runs

MonkDB

Cloud, On-Prem, Edge

Processor

CPU architectures supported

MonkDB

ARM, x86_64

Multi-Model

V, TS, GIS, FTS, DOC, SQL, BLOB, G

MonkDB

8 / 8

Hybrid Search

Vector and keyword in one query

MonkDB

HTAP

Transactional and analytical

MonkDB

AI-Native

Built-in embeddings, vector indexing, agent context

MonkDB

Sovereignty

Air-gapped, on-prem, zero egress

MonkDB

Licensing

Commercial model

MonkDB

Flexible EULAs

Capability	MonkDBBEST	SingleStore	Snowflake	Clickhouse	Aerospike	SAP HANA
Deployment Where it runs	Cloud, On-Prem, Edge	Cloud, On-Prem	Cloud only	Cloud, On-Prem	Cloud, On-Prem	Cloud, On-Prem
Processor CPU architectures supported	ARM, x86_64	x86_64 only	x86_64 only	ARM partial	ARM, x86_64	In-mem arch
Multi-Model V, TS, GIS, FTS, DOC, SQL, BLOB, G	8 / 8	5 / 8	6 / 8	6 / 8	6 / 9	7 / 9
Hybrid Search Vector and keyword in one query
HTAP Transactional and analytical
AI-Native Built-in embeddings, vector indexing, agent context		Add-on	Add-on		Add-on
Sovereignty Air-gapped, on-prem, zero egress		On-prem only
Licensing Commercial model	Flexible EULAs	Flexible EULAs	Consumption-based	Open core and Enterprise	Open source and Enterprise	Extremely expensive

SupportedPartialNot supported

*Based on publicly available vendor documentation. Multi-model legend: V (Vector), TS (Timeseries), GIS (Geospatial), FTS (Full-Text), DOC (Document), SQL (Streaming SQL), BLOB (Blob), MMA (Multi-Modal AI), G (Graph).

Architecture

How MonkDB compares,feature by feature.

Deployment

Processor

Multi-Model

Hybrid Search

HTAP

AI-Native

Sovereignty

Licensing

How MonkDB compares,
feature by feature.