DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Drizzle vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. Heroic vs. SingleStore vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. Heroic vs. SingleStore vs. XTDB

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Enterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchMySQL 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 general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.37
Rank#278  Overall
#128  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.postgresql.fastware.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualsspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.singlestore.comwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologySpotifySingleStore Inc.Juxt Ltd.
Initial release2008201420132019
Current release7.2.4, September 2012Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20228.5, January 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
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 languageC++CJavaC++, GoClojure
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keyslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingpartitioning by range, list and by hashShardingSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes, 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, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
DrizzleFujitsu Enterprise PostgresHeroicSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
» more
Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
» more
Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
» more
Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
» more
Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
DrizzleFujitsu Enterprise PostgresHeroicSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLXTDB infoformerly named Crux
DB-Engines blog posts

MySQL won the April ranking; did its forks follow?
1 April 2015, Paul Andlinger

Has MySQL finally lost its mojo?
1 July 2013, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Turbocharge Your Application Development Using WebAssembly With SingleStoreDB
17 October 2022,  Akmal Chaudhri, SingleStore (sponsor) 

Cloud-Based Analytics With SingleStoreDB
9 June 2022,  Akmal Chaudhri, SingleStore (sponsor) 

SingleStore: The Increasing Momentum of Multi-Model Database Systems
14 February 2022,  Akmal Chaudhri, SingleStore (sponsor) 

show all

Recent citations in the news

Fujitsu Develops Column-Oriented Data-Processing Engine Enabling Fast, High-Volume Data Analysis in Database ...
26 February 2015, Fujitsu

Expert Insight 202009 KAC
4 September 2023, Fujitsu

Fujitsu recognized as winner of 2023 Microsoft Japan Healthcare & Life Sciences Partner of the Year Award for its ...
28 June 2023, Fujitsu

Primary Data says stop, Hammerspace, Innodisk cooks some SSDs, and Fujitsu goes blockchain
22 May 2018, The Register

DCPMM
1 August 2020, Fujitsu

provided by Google News

Review: Google Bigtable scales with ease
7 September 2016, InfoWorld

provided by Google News

Building a Modern Database: Nikita Shamgunov on Postgres and Beyond
18 April 2024, Madrona Venture Group

SingleStore CEO sees little future for purpose-built vector databases
24 January 2024, VentureBeat

SingleStore Announces Real-time Data Platform to Further Accelerate AI, Analytics and Application Development
24 January 2024, businesswire.com

SingleStore adds indexed vector search to Pro Max release for faster AI work – Blocks and Files
29 January 2024, Blocks and Files

Announcing watsonx.ai and SingleStore for generative AI applications
15 November 2023, IBM

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here