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System Properties Comparison SingleStore vs. SurrealDB vs. XTDB

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NameSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  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 fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.singlestore.comsurrealdb.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.singlestore.comsurrealdb.com/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperSingleStore Inc.SurrealDB LtdJuxt Ltd.
Initial release201320222019
Current release8.5, January 2024v1.1.1, January 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++, GoRustClojure
Server operating systemsLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSQL-like query languagelimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesyes, based on authentication and database rules
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SingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSurrealDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
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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SingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSurrealDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
DB-Engines blog posts

Turbocharge Your Application Development Using WebAssembly With SingleStoreDB
17 October 2022,  Akmal Chaudhri, SingleStore (sponsor) 

Cloud-Based Analytics With SingleStoreDB
9 June 2022,  Akmal Chaudhri, SingleStore (sponsor) 

SingleStore: The Increasing Momentum of Multi-Model Database Systems
14 February 2022,  Akmal Chaudhri, SingleStore (sponsor) 

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