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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. CrateDB vs. Lovefield vs. SingleStore vs. SpaceTime

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Distributed Database based on LuceneEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMySQL 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 typeSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitebasex.orgcratedb.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.singlestore.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgcratedb.com/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperBaseX GmbHCrateGoogleSingleStore Inc.Mireo
Initial release20072013201420132020
Current release10.7, August 20232.1.12, February 20178.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.SingleStoreDB Cloud: The world's fastest, modern cloud database for both operational (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads. Available instantly with multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud capabilities
Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScriptC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitySQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
JavaScriptBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions (Javascript)noyesno
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infohash partitioningFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelnoneSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerno infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes 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.noyes infousing MemoryDByesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsrights management via user accountsnoFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesyes
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BaseXCrateDBLovefieldSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSpaceTime
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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