DBMS > Aerospike vs. EsgynDB vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. SingleStore vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. EsgynDB vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. SingleStore vs. Snowflake

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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache Trafodion

Globally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database service

MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type

Cloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS

leveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS

Relational DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Spatial DBMS

Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS

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Score	5.51
Rank	#60	Overall
	#10	Document stores
	#3	Graph DBMS
	#6	Key-value stores
	#2	Spatial DBMS

Score	0.25
Rank	#312	Overall
	#138	Relational DBMS

Score	27.71
Rank	#27	Overall
	#4	Document stores
	#2	Graph DBMS
	#3	Key-value stores
	#3	Wide column stores

Score	5.38
Rank	#62	Overall
	#35	Relational DBMS

Score	130.36
Rank	#8	Overall
	#5	Relational DBMS

Website

aerospike.com

www.esgyn.cn

azure.microsoft.com/services/cosmos-db

www.singlestore.com

www.snowflake.com

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db

docs.singlestore.com

docs.snowflake.net/manuals/index.html

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Esgyn

Microsoft

SingleStore Inc.

Snowflake Computing Inc.

Initial release

2012

2015

2014

2013

2014

Current release

7.0, November 2023

8.5, January 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition available

commercial

free developer edition available

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Implementation language

C++, Java

C++, Go

Server operating systems

Linux

hosted

Linux

64 bit version required

hosted

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

yes

support of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

JSON types

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

All properties auto-indexed by default

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language

yes

but no triggers and foreign keys

yes

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC

DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API

Cluster Management API

as HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC

CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net

.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python

Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

Java Stored Procedures

JavaScript

yes

user defined functions

Triggers

JavaScript

similar concept for controling cloud resources

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Implicit feature of the cloud service

Sharding

hash partitioning

yes

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Multi-source replication between multi datacenters

yes

Implicit feature of the cloud service

Source-replica replication

stores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Aerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reduce

yes

with Hadoop integration

Integration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*

can define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configuration

Immediate Consistency

Bounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Consistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

Atomic execution of operations

ACID

Multi-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partition

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

All updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles

with Enterprise Edition only

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

Fine grained access control via users, groups and roles

Users with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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Specific characteristics

Aerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantages

Optimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenarios

Aerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customers

Nielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metrics

Aerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing models

Subscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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News

Aerospike, AWS, Google, Glean, and other Industry Leaders Speaking at Real-time Data Summit 2024
5 June 2024

Aerospike a Winner in 2024 Business Sustainability Awards
22 May 2024

New Aerospike Release Lets Enterprises Consolidate Expensive Legacy Cache And Database Platforms
15 May 2024

Aerospike Recognized by Independent Research Firm Among Notable Vendors in Vector Databases Report
7 May 2024

Aerospike Closes $109M in Growth Capital from Sumeru Equity Partners
4 April 2024

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