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DBMS > ScyllaDB vs. SingleStore vs. Speedb vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison ScyllaDB vs. SingleStore vs. Speedb vs. Transbase

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NameScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeMySQL 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 embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.scylladb.comwww.singlestore.comwww.speedb.iowww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdocs.scylladb.comdocs.singlestore.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperScyllaDBSingleStore Inc.SpeedbTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release2015201320201987
Current releaseScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20248.5, January 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availablecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Scylla Cloud: Create real-time applications that run at global scale with Scylla Cloud, the industry’s most powerful NoSQL DBaaSSingleStoreDB Cloud: The world's fastest, modern cloud database for both operational (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads. Available instantly with multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud capabilities
Implementation languageC++C++, GoC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 infocluster global secondary indicesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes infobut no triggers and foreign keysnoyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesFor CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Luayesnoyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infohash partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDyesyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoin-memory tablesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
ScyllaDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSpeedbTransbase
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Speedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Speedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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Open source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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