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System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. SingleStore vs. Sphinx vs. STSdb vs. Tkrzw

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSMySQL 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 typeOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.singlestore.comsphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4dbmx.net/­tkrzw
Technical documentationdocs.singlestore.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesSingleStore Inc.Sphinx Technologies Inc.STS Soft SCMikio Hirabayashi
Initial release19942013200120112020
Current release4.4, October 20218.5, January 20243.5.1, February 20234.0.8, September 20150.9.3, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++, GoC++C#C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)no
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Proprietary protocol.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C#
Java
C++
Java
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnonono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infohash partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnonenonenone
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 systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyes, 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.yes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing specific database classes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesnonono
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mSQL infoMini SQLSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSphinxSTSdbTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
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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