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DBMS > Datastax Enterprise vs. Rockset vs. SingleStore vs. VelocityDB vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison Datastax Enterprise vs. Rockset vs. SingleStore vs. VelocityDB vs. Yaacomo

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NameDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
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.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBMySQL 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 typeA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)OpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score6.31
Rank#57  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score5.91
Rank#61  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#347  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterpriserockset.comwww.singlestore.comvelocitydb.comyaacomo.com
Technical documentationdocs.datastax.comdocs.rockset.comdocs.singlestore.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperDataStaxRocksetSingleStore Inc.VelocityDB IncQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release20112019201320112009
Current release6.8, April 20208.5, January 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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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++, GoC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
hostedLinux info64 bit version requiredAny that supports .NETAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyesyesyes
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.nono infoingestion from XML files supportednonono
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysnoyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
HTTP RESTCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
.NetJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesno
TriggersyesnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"Automatic shardingSharding infohash partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesBased on Windows Authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Datastax EnterpriseRocksetSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLVelocityDBYaacomo
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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