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System Properties Comparison Hive vs. PostGIS vs. SingleStore vs. TinkerGraph vs. Typesense

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NameHive  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
Descriptiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopSpatial extension of PostgreSQLMySQL 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 lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitehive.apache.orgpostgis.netwww.singlestore.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlintypesense.org
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homepostgis.net/­documentationdocs.singlestore.comtypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20122005201320092015
Current release3.1.3, April 20223.4.2, February 20248.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++, GoJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
TinkerPop 3RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
PHP
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Groovy
Java
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsyesnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)noyes
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.optionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyes infobased on PostgreSQLFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesno
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HivePostGISSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTinkerGraphTypesense
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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