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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. Greenplum vs. InfinityDB vs. SingleStore vs. Spark SQL

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceMySQL 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 typeSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orggreenplum.orgboilerbay.comwww.singlestore.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgdocs.greenplum.orgboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.singlestore.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationPivotal Software Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.SingleStore Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20142005200220132014
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20197.0.0, September 20234.08.5, January 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++, GoScala
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes
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 infosince Version 4.2nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnoyesno
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding infohash partitioningyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationyesnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDno
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.yesnonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesno
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Apache PhoenixGreenplumInfinityDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSpark SQL
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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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