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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Axibase vs. mSQL vs. SingleStore vs. TimescaleDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight 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 typeA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.singlestore.comwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.singlestore.comdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsAxibase CorporationHughes TechnologiesSingleStore Inc.Timescale
Initial release20122013199420132017
Current release29.0.1, April 2024155854.4, October 20218.5, January 20242.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCC++, GoC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyesuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersnoyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingnoneSharding infohash partitioningyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnoFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DruidAxibasemSQL infoMini SQLSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTimescaleDB
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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