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System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Heroic vs. NuoDB vs. QuestDB vs. SingleStore

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  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.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataMySQL 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 DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series 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
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasequestdb.iowww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationspotify.github.io/­heroicdoc.nuodb.comquestdb.io/­docsdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerSpotifyDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.QuestDB Technology IncSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20082014201320142013
Current release7.2.4, September 20128.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++, Go
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoyesSQL with time-series extensionsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava, SQLnoyes
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-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 systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infotunable commit protocolACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes 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.noyes infoTemporary tableyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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DrizzleHeroicNuoDBQuestDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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IEX 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 modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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