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DBMS > Rockset vs. SingleStore vs. Snowflake vs. VelocityDB vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Rockset vs. SingleStore vs. Snowflake vs. VelocityDB vs. Yanza

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NameRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBMySQL 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-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured dataA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)Time Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score130.36
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websiterockset.comwww.singlestore.comwww.snowflake.comvelocitydb.comyanza.com
Technical documentationdocs.rockset.comdocs.singlestore.comdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperRocksetSingleStore Inc.Snowflake Computing Inc.VelocityDB IncYanza
Initial release20192013201420112015
Current release8.5, January 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC++C++, GoC#
Server operating systemshostedLinux info64 bit version requiredhostedAny that supports .NETWindows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datedynamic typingyesyesyesno
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.no infoingestion from XML files supportednoyesnono
Secondary indexesall fields are automatically indexedyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyesnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
.NetHTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Netany language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resourcesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingSharding infohash partitioningyesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesyesnone
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 systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDno
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationBased on Windows Authenticationno
More information provided by the system vendor
RocksetSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSnowflakeVelocityDBYanza
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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