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System Properties Comparison Datastax Enterprise vs. GridDB vs. Ignite vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. SingleStore

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NameDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  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.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.A Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsMySQL 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 modelWide column storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegriddb.netignite.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdocs.datastax.comdocs.griddb.netapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperDataStaxToshiba CorporationApache Software FoundationMicrosoftSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20112013201520122013
Current release6.8, April 20205.1, August 2022Apache Ignite 2.68.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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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 languageJavaC++C++, Java, .NetC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP APICluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noyes
Triggersyesyesyes (cache interceptors and events)nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)yes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.Source-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID at container levelACIDoptimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, 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.yesyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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Datastax EnterpriseGridDBIgniteMicrosoft Azure Table StorageSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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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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1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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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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Factory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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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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Denso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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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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Open Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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