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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. BoltDB vs. Brytlyt vs. NuoDB vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. BoltDB vs. Brytlyt vs. NuoDB vs. SingleStore

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreAn embedded key-value store for Go.Scalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsMySQL 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
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational 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
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.38
Rank#276  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltbrytlyt.iowww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.brytlyt.iodoc.nuodb.comdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperAmazonBrytlytDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.SingleStore Inc.
Initial release20072013201620132013
Current release5.0, August 20238.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++ and CUDAC++C++, Go
Server operating systemshostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLJava, SQLyes
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
noneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationyesACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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Amazon SimpleDBBoltDBBrytlytNuoDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
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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