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System Properties Comparison Hive vs. Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. SingleStore vs. Solr

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NameHive  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
Descriptiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA 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 typeA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitehive.apache.orgquasar.aiquestdb.iowww.singlestore.comsolr.apache.org
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homedoc.quasar.ai/­masterquestdb.io/­docsdocs.singlestore.comsolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookquasardbQuestDB Technology IncSingleStore Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20122009201420132006
Current release3.1.3, April 20223.14.1, January 20248.5, January 20249.6.1, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++, GoJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binaryyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infowith tagsnoyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyesJava plugins
Triggersnonononoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infohash partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducewith Hadoop integrationnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID for single-table writesACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes 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.yes infoTransient modeyes infothrough memory mapped filesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesyes
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HiveQuasardbQuestDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSolr
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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