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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. QuestDB vs. SingleStore vs. Splice Machine vs. SWC-DB

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented 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 typeOpen-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and SparkA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.54
Rank#250  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comquestdb.iowww.singlestore.comsplicemachine.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlquestdb.io/­docsdocs.singlestore.comsplicemachine.com/­how-it-works
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesQuestDB Technology IncSingleStore Inc.Splice MachineAlex Kashirin
Initial release20002014201320142020
Current release15.5, September 20208.5, January 20243.1, March 20210.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++, GoJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL with time-series extensionsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
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
JDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyes infoJavano
Triggersyes, event driven architecturenonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infohash partitioningShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsYes, via Full Spark Integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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GigaSpacesQuestDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSplice MachineSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
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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