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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. OpenSearch vs. SingleStore vs. Solr

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Name

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

A distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene

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

A widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

Search engine

Relational DBMS

Search engine

Secondary database models

Vector DBMS

Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS

Spatial DBMS

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Score	0.51
Rank	#256	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#118	Relational DBMS

Score	16.03
Rank	#37	Overall
	#4	Search engines

Score	5.38
Rank	#62	Overall
	#35	Relational DBMS

Score	41.02
Rank	#24	Overall
	#3	Search engines

Website

alasql.org

github.com/opensearch-project
opensearch.org

www.singlestore.com

solr.apache.org

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

opensearch.org/docs/latest

docs.singlestore.com

solr.apache.org/resources.html

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Amazon Web Services

SingleStore Inc.

Apache Software Foundation

Initial release

2014

2021

2013

2006

Current release

2.5.0, January 2023

8.5, January 2024

9.6.1, May 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

free developer edition available

Open Source

Apache Version 2

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Java

C++, Go

Java

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

All OS with a Java VM

Linux

64 bit version required

All OS with a Java VM

runs as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)

Data scheme

schema-free

Flexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent

yes

Dynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

supports customizable data types and automatic typing

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 search fields are automatically indexed

yes

All search fields are automatically indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

SQL-like query language

yes

but no triggers and foreign keys

Solr Parallel SQL Interface

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Cluster Management API

as HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC

Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

Elasticsearch client

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

.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Java plugins

Triggers

yes

by using the 'percolation' feature

yes

User configurable commands triggered on index changes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

hash partitioning

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

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

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

spark-solr: github.com/lucidworks/spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Eventual Consistency

Synchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

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

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

ACID

optimistic locking

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

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

Fine grained access control via users, groups and roles

yes

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Specific characteristics

OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantages

Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenarios

The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customers

IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metrics

Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing models

The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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