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System Properties Comparison AntDB vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. SingleStore vs. TerarkDB

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NameAntDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scalable, multi-tenant, MPP-architectured RDBMS for OLTP and OLAP operations, highly compatible with OracleGlobally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database serviceMySQL 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 typeA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.25
Rank#303  Overall
#137  Relational DBMS
Score29.04
Rank#27  Overall
#4  Document stores
#2  Graph DBMS
#3  Key-value stores
#3  Wide column stores
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.asiainfo.com/­en_us/­product_aisware_antdb_detail.htmlazure.microsoft.com/­services/­cosmos-dbwww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­azure/­cosmos-dbdocs.singlestore.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebook
DeveloperAsiaInfo Technologies LimitedMicrosoftSingleStore Inc.ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release201420132016
Current release8.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++, GoC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON typesyesno
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll properties auto-indexed by defaultyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL2016 compliantSQL-like query languageyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MySQL protocol compliant
ODBC
DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyesno
TriggersyesJavaScriptnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodswith Hadoop integration infoIntegration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*no infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDMulti-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partitionACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesno
More information provided by the system vendor
AntDBMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTerarkDB
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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