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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. HBase vs. SingleStore vs. Ultipa

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableMySQL 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 typeHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#330  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orghbase.apache.orgwww.singlestore.comwww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.singlestore.comwww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperCCRi and othersApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSingleStore Inc.Ultipa
Initial release2014200820132019
Current release5.0.0, May 20242.3.4, January 20218.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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 indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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.depending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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GeoMesaHBaseSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLUltipa
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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