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System Properties Comparison OpenQM vs. SingleStore vs. SpatiaLite vs. SurrealDB vs. Teradata

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NameOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSMySQL 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 typeSpatial extension of SQLiteA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSA hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score45.33
Rank#21  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.singlestore.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexsurrealdb.comwww.teradata.com
Technical documentationdocs.singlestore.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docsdocs.teradata.com
DeveloperRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSingleStore Inc.Alessandro FurieriSurrealDB LtdTeradata
Initial release19932013200820221984
Current release3.4-128.5, January 20245.0.0, August 2020v1.1.1, January 2024Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC++Rust
Server operating systemsAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredserver-lessLinux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Linux
Data schemeyes infowith some exceptionsyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash index
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyesSQL-like query languageyes infoSQL 2016 + extensions
APIs and other access methodsCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallel
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding infohash partitioningnoneSharding infoHashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, 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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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OpenQM infoalso called QMSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSpatiaLiteSurrealDBTeradata
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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