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System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. RavenDB vs. Riak TS vs. SingleStore

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVMySQL 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 modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score2.92
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.20
Rank#319  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgravendb.netwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlravendb.net/­docswww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperHibernating RhinosOpen Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesSingleStore Inc.
Initial release2001201020152013
Current release2.7.2, June 20235.4, July 20223.0.0, September 20228.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#ErlangC++, Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesrestrictedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (RQL)yes, limitedyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLyesErlangyes
Triggersyesyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infolinks between datasets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction availablenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, 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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthorization levels configured per client per databasenoFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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HyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBRavenDBRiak TSSingleStore 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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