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System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. Quasardb vs. SingleStore vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseMySQL 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 typeCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#14  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgwww.postgres-xl.orgquasar.aiwww.singlestore.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperMonetDB BVquasardbSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20042014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB200920132023
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 202310 R1, October 20183.14.1, January 20248.5, January 20241.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoMozilla public licensecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCCC++C++, GoC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyesVector, Numeric and String
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.yes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalitynonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes infodistributed, parallel query executionSQL-like query languageyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP APICluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioningSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infohash partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with selectable 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 methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoMVCCACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes 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.noyes infoTransient modeyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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MonetDBPostgres-XLQuasardbSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTranswarp Hippo
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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