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System Properties Comparison Quasardb vs. Sequoiadb vs. SingleStore vs. StarRocks

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NameQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLMySQL 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 typeAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Websitequasar.aiwww.sequoiadb.comwww.singlestore.comwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexdocs.singlestore.comdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperquasardbSequoiadb Ltd.SingleStore Inc.The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2009201320132020
Current release3.14.1, January 20248.5, January 20243.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++, GoC++, Java
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infointeger and binaryyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infowith tagsyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIproprietary protocol using JSONCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptyesuser defined functions
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoconsistent hashingShardingSharding infohash partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodswith Hadoop integrationnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDDocument is locked during a transactionACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using LevelDByesyes 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.yes infoTransient modenoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailsimple password-based access controlFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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QuasardbSequoiadbSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLStarRocks
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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