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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud TSDB vs. MySQL vs. SingleStore vs. TDengine vs. XTDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud TSDB  Xexclude from comparisonMySQL  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA stable, reliable, and cost-effective online high-performance time series database serviceWidely used open source RDBMSMySQL 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 typeTime Series DBMS and big data platformA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoKey/Value like access via memcached APIRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#301  Overall
#26  Time Series DBMS
Score1061.34
Rank#2  Overall
#2  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hitsdbwww.mysql.comwww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
github.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­time-series-database/­latest/­what-is-tsdbdev.mysql.com/­docdocs.singlestore.comdocs.tdengine.comwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaOracle infosince 2010, originally MySQL AB, then SunSingleStore Inc.TDEngine, previously Taos DataJuxt Ltd.
Initial release1995201320192019
Current release8.4.0, April 20248.5, January 20243.0, August 20221.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2. Commercial licenses with extended functionallity are availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions availableOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++C++, GoCClojure
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsyesyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applicationslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoproprietary syntaxyesnono
Triggersnoyesnoyes, via alarm monitoringno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning, sharding with MySQL Cluster or MySQL FabricSharding infohash partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesyesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infonot for MyISAM storage enginenonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infonot for MyISAM storage engineACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess managed on TSDB instance levelUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud TSDBMySQLSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTDengineXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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TDengineā„¢ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStoreā€™s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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