What do you like best about the product?

Below are some of the features that I like about Marklogic
1. Multi media database capabilities- The storage and ability to manage different types of data models in single platform has helped me to run my projects simultaneously handling data types such as JSON, XML
2. Enterprise Search Functionality- The in built search options had helped me in searching across all data types. The feature also helped me to search using full text, range queries etc.
3. Storage and Query capability- This feautre helped me in optimizing the storage infrastructure by placing data in different storage tiers. It helped me to reduce the cost incurred and the data can be accessed frequently .

What do you dislike about the product?

Below are some of the dislikes of Marklogic
1. Learning curve- despite the features , marklogic proven to be having a deep learning curve.
2. Cost and Licensing - The total ownership model is having a greated inmpact in taking this software as a package for any development. The cost will be a barrier to any small and medium sized projects. Even though my org has provided access to this platform by to get to that stage we had to go through a lot of to and fro

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

The software helped me in storing and managing documents which is in xml format. The software helped us in preventing the doc structure which was crucial for my project.
The project also helped me explore the advanced search capabilities by frequently using this for searching content within XML.