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System Properties Comparison MySQL vs. SingleStore vs. SQream DB vs. StarRocks vs. Transbase

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NameMySQL  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWidely used open source RDBMSMySQL 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 GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoKey/Value like access via memcached APIRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score1061.34
Rank#2  Overall
#2  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.mysql.comwww.singlestore.comsqream.comwww.starrocks.iowww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdev.mysql.com/­docdocs.singlestore.comdocs.sqream.comdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperOracle infosince 2010, originally MySQL AB, then SunSingleStore Inc.SQream TechnologiesThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023Transaction Software GmbH
Initial release19952013201720201987
Current release8.4.0, April 20248.5, January 20242022.1.6, December 20223.3, June 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2. Commercial licenses with extended functionallity are availablecommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C++, GoC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaC++, JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinuxLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoproprietary syntaxyesuser defined functions in Pythonuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning, sharding with MySQL Cluster or MySQL FabricSharding infohash partitioninghorizontal and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnoneSource-replica replication
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infonot for MyISAM storage enginenononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infonot for MyISAM storage engineACIDACIDnoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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MySQLSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSQream DBStarRocksTransbase
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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