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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. GridDB vs. SingleStore vs. SwayDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataMySQL 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 typeAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score4.36
Rank#72  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitedruid.apache.orgcloud.google.com/­datastoregriddb.netwww.singlestore.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsdocs.griddb.netdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsGoogleToshiba CorporationSingleStore Inc.Simer Plaha
Initial release20122008201320132018
Current release29.0.1, April 20245.1, August 20228.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++, GoScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
hostedLinuxLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, details hereyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query language (GQL)SQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnousing Google App Enginenoyesno
TriggersnoCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingShardingSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesMulti-source replication using PaxosSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infousing Google Cloud DataflowConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACID at container levelACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, 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.nonoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users can be defined per databaseFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesno
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache DruidGoogle Cloud DatastoreGridDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSwayDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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