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System Properties Comparison ScyllaDB vs. SingleStore vs. SurrealDB vs. TempoIQ vs. TerminusDB

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NameScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
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 typeA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.scylladb.comwww.singlestore.comsurrealdb.comtempoiq.com (offline)terminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.scylladb.comdocs.singlestore.comsurrealdb.com/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperScyllaDBSingleStore Inc.SurrealDB LtdTempoIQDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20152013202220122018
Current releaseScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20248.5, January 2024v1.5.0, May 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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++, GoRustProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
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
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
HTTP APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
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
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Luayesnoyes
Triggersnonoyes infoRealtime Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infohash partitioningGraph 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 nodesJournaling Streams
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 Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate 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 operationsACIDACIDnoACID
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 infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoin-memory tablesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesyes, based on authentication and database rulessimple authentication-based access controlRole-based access control
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ScyllaDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSurrealDBTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
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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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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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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