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System Properties Comparison Datastax Enterprise vs. EDB Postgres vs. RethinkDB vs. SingleStore vs. Splunk

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NameDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.The EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.DBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.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 typeAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score1.91
Rank#130  Overall
#60  Relational DBMS
Score2.66
Rank#107  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitewww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.enterprisedb.comrethinkdb.comwww.singlestore.comwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationdocs.datastax.comwww.enterprisedb.com/­docsrethinkdb.com/­docsdocs.singlestore.comdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperDataStaxEnterpriseDBThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017SingleStore Inc.Splunk Inc.
Initial release20112005200920132003
Current release6.8, April 202014, December 20212.4.1, August 20208.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Datastax Astra DB: Astra DB simplifies cloud-native Cassandra application development for your apps, microservices and functions. Deploy in minutes on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and have it managed for you by the experts, with serverless, pay-as-you-go pricing.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 languageJavaCC++C++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometryyesyes
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 functionality.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yesyes
TriggersyesyesClient-side triggers through changefeedsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"horizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeSharding inforange basedSharding infohash partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDAtomic single-document operationsACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoMVCC basedyes, 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 rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousers and table-level permissionsFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesAccess rights for users and roles
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Datastax EnterpriseEDB PostgresRethinkDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSplunk
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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