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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Apache Drill vs. Interbase vs. SingleStore vs. SiteWhere

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandMySQL 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 typeM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitealtibase.comdrill.apache.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasedocs.singlestore.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperAltibaseApache Software FoundationEmbarcaderoSingleStore Inc.SiteWhere
Initial release19992012198420132010
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20231.20.3, January 2023InterBase 2020, December 20198.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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SingleStoreDB Cloud: The world's fastest, modern cloud database for both operational (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads. Available instantly with multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud capabilities
Implementation languageC++CC++, GoJava
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonono infoexport as XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C++.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsuser defined functionsyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyes
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding infohash partitioningSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infoAll 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 infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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AltibaseApache DrillInterbaseSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSiteWhere
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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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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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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