MarkLogic

A multi-model NoSQL database with native RDF triple storage, SPARQL support, and semantic reasoning. Combines JSON, XML, and RDF data models with ACID transactions and integrated full-text search.

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Overall rank: #37
First released: 2001
License: Proprietary
Built with: C++

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Vendor: Progress Software
Previous names: Cerisent XQE
Type: Multiple
Category: Enterprise
License: Proprietary
Language: C++
Query Languages: SPARQLXQuerySQL
Protocols: HTTP/RESTSPARQL ProtocolPostgreSQL wireJDBC/ODBCNative binary

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Protocols HTTP/REST, SPARQL Protocol, JDBC/ODBC, PostgreSQL wire, Native binary

MarkLogic ships five distinct client channels, confirmed independently: the generic REST Client API (document CRUD/search); a dedicated W3C SPARQL Protocol endpoint at /v1/graphs/sparql that is separate from the general REST surface; official ODBC and JDBC drivers whose app server (port 5432) literally speaks the PostgreSQL wire protocol; and the still-current XDBC/XCC proprietary wire protocol for Java middleware (confirmed present in the current v12 admin docs, not just legacy v9). pass_A missed SPARQL Protocol and JDBC; pass_B missed PostgreSQL wire and Native binary.

The Client REST API is a REST-based API for creating applications that with document manipulation and search capabilities.
Client API — MarkLogic 12 Product Documentation · reviewed 2026-08-02
This interface implements the GET method of the W3C SPARQL Protocol; for details, see http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-sparql11-protocol-20130321#query-operation.
GET /v1/graphs/sparql — MarkLogic 12 Product Documentation · reviewed 2026-08-02
The server implements a database native communication protocol that can efficiently support both ODBC and JDBC clients.
MarkLogic JDBC Driver · reviewed 2026-08-02
The default PostgreSQL listening socket port is 5432.
Creating a New ODBC Server · reviewed 2026-08-02
an ODBC server connects with a PostgreSQL front end on the client by means of the PostgreSQL message protocol
ODBC Servers (Administrator's Guide) — MarkLogic 9 Product Documentation · reviewed 2026-08-02
Both XCC and XDBC applications use the same wire protocol.
XDBC Servers · reviewed 2026-08-02

License Proprietary

Confirmed; no change from current value. MarkLogic is distributed as binary executable software under a commercial license, with no source code disclosure.

Licensor grants to You a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive, internal use license to install, access, start and use Licensor software in binary executable form
EULA - MarkLogic Community · reviewed 2026-08-02

Released 2001

Confirmed; no change from current value. MarkLogic's first product, Cerisent XQE 1, shipped in 2001 under the company's original name, Cerisent.

2001 – Cerisent XQE 1: ACID transactions, Full-text search, XML Storage, XQuery, Role-based security
MarkLogic Server · reviewed 2026-08-02

Language C++

Confirmed; no change from current value. MarkLogic's own technical documentation attributes its performance to the core engine's native C++ code; Wikipedia's infobox additionally lists C and JavaScript, but JavaScript there refers to the embedded V8 engine used for user application code, not the storage/query kernel.

Speed and scale are an obsession for MarkLogic. They're not features you can add after the fact; they have to be part of the core design. And they are, from the highly optimized native C++ code to the algorithms we'll discuss later.
Inside MarkLogic Server · reviewed 2026-08-02

Previous names Cerisent XQE

Initially launched as Cerisent XQE Server 1, the first version of MarkLogic carried patents for its innovative way of storing data
Looking back on 12 years of constant innovation - Progress · reviewed 2026-09-23