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DBMS > AntDB vs. IRONdb vs. NuoDB vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison AntDB vs. IRONdb vs. NuoDB vs. SingleStore

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NameAntDB  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA scalable, multi-tenant, MPP-architectured RDBMS for OLTP and OLAP operations, highly compatible with OracleA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityNuoDB 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 modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.25
Rank#303  Overall
#137  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.asiainfo.com/­en_us/­product_aisware_antdb_detail.htmlwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/www.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-starteddoc.nuodb.comdocs.singlestore.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebook
DeveloperAsiaInfo Technologies LimitedCirconus LLC.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.SingleStore Inc.
Initial release201720132013
Current releaseV0.10.20, January 20188.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C++C++, Go
Server operating systemsLinuxhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL2016 compliantSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)yesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MySQL protocol compliant
ODBC
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in LuaJava, SQLyes
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic, metric affinity per nodedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awareyes 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 methodsnonono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes 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.yesnoyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
AntDBIRONdbNuoDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsAntDB was initiated in 2008. On the core system of operators, AntDB provides online...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesHTAP mixed load: AntDB is a universal, enterprise-level distributed relational database,...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosAs the core software of large enterprise, AntDB supports multi-scenario deployment....
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersChina Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Aeon Life, China Mobile Tietong, CITIC...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsMore than 1 billion subscribers in 24 provinces across China are served by AntDB...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCertificates and licenses CMMI5 Certificate licensed by CMMI Institute IT Product...
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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