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DBMS > IBM Db2 warehouse vs. SingleStore vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 warehouse vs. SingleStore vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB vs. YottaDB

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NameIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCloud-based data warehousing serviceMySQL 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 typeScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
RDF store
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.singlestore.comterminusdb.comvelocitydb.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.singlestore.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuideyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperIBMSingleStore Inc.DataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB IncYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20142013201820112001
Current release8.5, January 202411.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3commercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoProlog, RustC#C
Server operating systemshostedLinux info64 bit version requiredLinuxAny that supports .NETDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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 infoImport/export of XML data possiblenononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSQL-like query language (WOQL)noby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.NetPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Python
.NetC
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPL/SQL, SQL PLyesyesno
TriggersyesnoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infohash partitioningGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesJournaling Streamsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yes infoin-memory journalingyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesRole-based access controlBased on Windows AuthenticationUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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IBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistVelocityDBYottaDB
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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