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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. Datomic vs. SingleStore vs. TempoIQ vs. TimesTen

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityMySQL 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 typeScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)In-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score76.33
Rank#17  Overall
#3  Document stores
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score5.91
Rank#61  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.35
Rank#165  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comwww.datomic.comwww.singlestore.comtempoiq.com (offline)www.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdocs.datomic.comdocs.singlestore.comdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperDatabricksCognitectSingleStore Inc.TempoIQOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20132012201320121998
Current release1.0.6735, June 20238.5, January 202411 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++, Go
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux info64 bit version requiredAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APICluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
Clojure
Java
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyes infoTransaction FunctionsyesnoPL/SQL
TriggersBy using transaction functionsnoyes infoRealtime Alertsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoFine grained access control via users, groups and rolessimple authentication-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DatabricksDatomicSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDBTimesTen
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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