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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. gStore vs. IBM Cloudant vs. SingleStore

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBMySQL 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 modelSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgen.gstore.cnwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocscloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperCCRi and othersIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014SingleStore Inc.
Initial release2014201620102013
Current release5.0.0, May 20241.2, November 20238.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoBSDcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageScalaC++ErlangC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
RESTful HTTP/JSON APICluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptyes
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 methodsyesnoyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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GeoMesagStoreIBM CloudantSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
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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