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System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. FoundationDB vs. Memgraph vs. SingleStore

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jMySQL 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 modelTime Series DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Graph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dolphindb.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbmemgraph.comwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlapple.github.io/­foundationdbmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.singlestore.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncFoundationDBMemgraph LtdSingleStore Inc.
Initial release2018201320172013
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20226.2.28, November 20208.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C and C++C++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagesupported in specific SQL layer onlynoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin SQL-layer onlyyes
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlyyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes 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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsnoUsers, roles and permissionsFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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DolphinDBFoundationDBMemgraphSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Driving 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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