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System Properties Comparison Bangdb vs. H2 vs. H2GIS vs. Kingbase vs. SingleStore

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NameBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial extension of H2An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.MySQL 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 modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.16
Rank#338  Overall
#47  Document stores
#32  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitebangdb.comwww.h2database.comwww.h2gis.orgwww.kingbase.com.cnwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdocs.bangdb.comwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperSachin Sinha, BangDBThomas MuellerCNRSBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.SingleStore Inc.
Initial release20122005201319992013
Current releaseBangDB 2.0, October 20212.2.220, July 2023V8.0, August 20218.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD 3Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++JavaJavaC and JavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL like support with command line toolyesyesStandard with numerous extensionsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Python
JavaJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyes infobased on H2user defined functionsyes
Triggersyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)yesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)With clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infobased on H2yesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, optimistic concurrency controlyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyesyesyesyes 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.yes, run db with in-memory only modeyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes (enterprise version only)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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BangdbH2H2GISKingbaseSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
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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