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System Properties Comparison Galaxybase vs. Greenplum vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SingleStore vs. TerarkDB

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NameGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.MySQL 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 key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitegalaxybase.comgreenplum.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdocs.greenplum.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.singlestore.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Pivotal Software Inc.Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)SingleStore Inc.ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20172005198420132016
Current releaseNov 20, November 20217.0.0, September 20237.4.1.1, 20218.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and JavaC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxHP Open VMSLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeStrong typed schemayesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.noyes infosince Version 4.2nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
APIs and other access methodsBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined procedures and functionsyesyesno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes, on a single nodeACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, 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.yesnonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesno
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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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