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DBMS > EXASOL vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Rockset vs. SingleStore vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Rockset vs. SingleStore vs. Typesense

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBMySQL 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 typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitewww.exasol.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantrockset.comwww.singlestore.comtypesense.org
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcescloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.rockset.comdocs.singlestore.comtypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperExasolIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014RocksetSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20002010201920132015
Current release8.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageErlangC++C++, GoC++
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnodynamic 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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP RESTCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptnoyesno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingAutomatic shardingSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationyesnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possiblenoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyes, 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
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
EXASOLIBM CloudantRocksetSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTypesense
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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