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System Properties Comparison SingleStore vs. Solr vs. SQream DB vs. Transbase

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NameSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMySQL 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 widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucenea GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.70
Rank#227  Overall
#104  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.singlestore.comsolr.apache.orgsqream.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdocs.singlestore.comsolr.apache.org/­resources.htmldocs.sqream.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperSingleStore Inc.Apache Software FoundationSQream TechnologiesTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release2013200620171987
Current release8.5, January 20249.6.0, April 20242022.1.6, December 2022Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoJavaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux info64 bit version requiredAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexednoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceyesyes
APIs and other access methodsCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava pluginsuser defined functions in Pythonyes
Triggersnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infohash partitioningShardinghorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesyesnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic lockingACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes 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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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SingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSolrSQream DBTransbase
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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