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DBMS > Quasardb vs. SingleStore vs. StarRocks vs. TimesTen

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

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NameQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed, 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 typeAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational 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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Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitequasar.aiwww.singlestore.comwww.starrocks.iowww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.singlestore.comdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperquasardbSingleStore Inc.The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release2009201320201998
Current release3.14.1, January 20248.5, January 20242.5.3, March 202311 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, GoC++, Java
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infointeger and binaryyesyesyes
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 languageyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APICluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaC
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsPL/SQL
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infohash partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodswith Hadoop integrationno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes 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.yesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTransient modeyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailFine 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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QuasardbSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLStarRocksTimesTen
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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