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DBMS > BigObject vs. Citus vs. EXASOL vs. jBASE vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Citus vs. EXASOL vs. jBASE vs. SingleStore

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonCitus  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareMySQL 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 modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score2.15
Rank#117  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitebigobject.iowww.citusdata.comwww.exasol.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodocs.citusdata.comwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.singlestore.com
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.ExasolRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)SingleStore Inc.
Initial release20152010200019912013
Current release8.1, December 20185.78.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
LinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalyes
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 infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalitynoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Java
Lua
Python
R
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuauser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.user defined functionsyesyes
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoHadoop integrationnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes 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.yesnoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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BigObjectCitusEXASOLjBASESingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
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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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