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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Galaxybase vs. jBASE vs. Pinecone vs. SingleStore

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA managed, cloud-native vector databaseMySQL 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 DBMSGraph DBMSMultivalue DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comgalaxybase.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.pinecone.iowww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperCognitectChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Pinecone Systems, IncSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20122017199120192013
Current release1.0.7075, December 2023Nov 20, November 20215.78.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC and JavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
hostedLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalString, Number, Booleanyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP APICluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
Go
Java
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
PythonBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined procedures and functionsyesyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingShardingSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes 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.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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DatomicGalaxybasejBASEPineconeSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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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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