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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Spanner vs. mSQL vs. Newts vs. SingleStore vs. SpaceTime

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NameGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA horizontally scalable, globally consistent, relational database service. It is the externalization of the core Google database that runs the biggest aspects of Google, like Ads and Google Play.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraMySQL 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 typeSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.84
Rank#100  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­spannerhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlopennms.github.io/­newtswww.singlestore.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­spanner/­docsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperGoogleHughes TechnologiesOpenNMS GroupSingleStore Inc.Mireo
Initial release20171994201420132020
Current release4.4, October 20218.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageCJavaC++, GoC++
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
JDBC infoAt present, JDBC supports read-only queries. No support for DDL or DML statements.
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Java API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
JavaBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesno
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infohash partitioningFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.noneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownonono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoStrict serializable isolationnonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes, 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.nononoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)nonoFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Google Cloud SpannermSQL infoMini SQLNewtsSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSpaceTime
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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