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DBMS > Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Memgraph vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Memgraph vs. SingleStore

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBAn 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 modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iowww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantmemgraph.comwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docscloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.singlestore.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerHarperDBIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Memgraph LtdSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20082017201020172013
Current release7.2.4, September 20123.1, August 20218.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++Node.jsErlangC and C++C++, Go
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
hostedLinuxLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesdynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesnoyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statementsnonoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1View functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptyes
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-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 methodsnonoyesnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes 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.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers, roles and permissionsFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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DrizzleHarperDBIBM CloudantMemgraphSingleStore 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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