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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SingleStore

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ASingleStore aims to enable organizations to scale from one to one million customers, handling SQL, JSON, full text and vector workloads in one unified platform.

    $0.69

    per hour

    Azure SQL Database

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAzure SQL Database is Microsoft's relational database as a service (DBaaS).

    $0.50

    Per Hour

    Pricing
    SingleStoreAzure SQL Database
    Editions & Modules
    OnDemand
    $0.69
    per hour
    2 vCORE
    $0.5044
    Per Hour
    6 vCORE
    $1.5131
    Per Hour
    10 vCORE
    $2.52
    Per Hour
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SingleStoreAzure SQL Database
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SingleStoreAzure SQL Database
    Considered Both Products
    SingleStore
    Chose SingleStore
    We need a flexible way to start the transformation on-premise and then move to the cloud. The lack of functionality and the easy way to scale out in multiple environments makes SingleStore the better choice.
    Incentivized
    Chose SingleStore
    MemSQL (Single Store) just has the performance at scale we need - no competition
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
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    55 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    SingleStoreAzure SQL Database
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of SingleStore and Azure SQL Database
    Feature
    SingleStore
    6.9
    3 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Azure SQL Database
    -
    Ratings
    ACID compliance5.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database monitoring7.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database locking6.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption7.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Disaster recovery5.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple datatypes7.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of SingleStore and Azure SQL Database
    Feature
    SingleStore
    -
    Ratings
    Azure SQL Database
    7.2
    32 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Automatic software patching00 Ratings6.330 Ratings
    Database scalability00 Ratings7.832 Ratings
    Automated backups00 Ratings7.832 Ratings
    Database security provisions00 Ratings8.832 Ratings
    Monitoring and metrics00 Ratings6.831 Ratings
    Automatic host deployment00 Ratings6.127 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SingleStoreAzure SQL Database
    Small Businesses
    Amazon RDS
    Score8.1 out of 10
    MongoDB Atlas
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    SAP HANA Cloud
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Azure Database
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP IQ
    Score5.4 out of 10
    Google Cloud SQL
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SingleStoreAzure SQL Database
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (76 ratings)
    8.0
    (32 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (12 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (50 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    SingleStoreAzure SQL Database
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SingleStore
    Good for Applications needing instant insights on large, streaming datasets. Applications processing continuous data streams with low latency. When a multi-cloud, high-availability database is required When NOT to Use Small-scale applications with limited budgets Projects that do not require real-time analytics or distributed scaling Teams without experience in distributed databases and HTAP architectures.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    We have found it's a great alternative for making older legacy applications work with online databases instead of only on-premises databases. We've converted over a dozen applications this way, and it has allowed our clients to have a distributed workforce using their applications without incurring the expense of a complete application rewrite.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    SingleStore
    • Technical support is stellar -- far above and beyond anything I've experienced with any other company.
    • When we compared SingleStore to other databases two years ago, we found SingleStore performance to be far superior.
    • Pipeline data ingestion is exceptionally fast.
    • The ability to combine transactional and analytical workloads without compromising performance is very impressive.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Maintenance is always an issue, so using a cloud solution saves a lot of trouble.
    • On premise solutions always suffer from fragmented implementations here and there, where several "dba's" keep track of security and maintenance. With a cloud database it's much easier to keep a central overview.
    • Security options in SQL database are next level... data masking, hiding sensitive data where always neglected on premise, whereas you'll get this automatically in the cloud.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    SingleStore
    • It does not release a patch to have back porting; it just releases a new version and stops support; it's difficult to keep up to that pace.
    • Support engineers lack expertise, but they seem to be improving organically.
    • Lacks enterprise CDC capability: Change data capture (CDC) is a process that tracks and records changes made to data in a database and then delivers those changes to other systems in real time.
    • For enterprise-level backup & restore capability, we had to implement our model via Velero snapshot backup.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • One needs to be aware that some T-SQL features are simply not available.
    • The programmatic access to server, trace flags, hardware from within Azure SQL Database is taken away (for a good reason).
    • No SQL Agent so your jobs need to be orchestrated differently.
    • The maximum concurrent logins maybe an unexpected problem.
    • Sudden disconnects.
    • The developers and admin must study the capacity and tier usage limits https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-subscription-service-limits otherwise some errors or even transaction aborts never seen before can occur.
    • Only one Latin Collation choice.
    • There is no way to debug T-SQL ( a big drawback in my point of view).
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SingleStore
    We haven't seen a faster relation database. Period. Which is why we are super happy customers and will for sure renew our license.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    This is best solution as a DBA one could expect from a service provider and as a cloud service, it removes all your hassles.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    SingleStore
    [Until it is] supported on AWS ECS containers, I will reserve a higher rating for SingleStore. Right now it works well on EC2 and serves our current purpose, [but] would look forward to seeing SingleStore respond to our urge of feature in a shorter time period with high quality and security.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    The interfaces are intuitive once you are familiar with all the functions. The ability to use different tools to interact with the platform, such as directly via a browser or code editors such as VS Code or Visual Studio is a great option and allows for integrating withn the project and other testing and developing tools.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    SingleStore
    Solutions are based around a business needs and even when implementing such solution, real time insights are also followed through showing the updates the business are implementing while informing the end users as what is new with technology.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
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    Performance
    SingleStore
    SingleStore excels in real-time analytics and low-latency transactions, making it ideal for operational analytics and mixed workloads. Snowflake shines in batch analytics and data warehousing with strong scalability for large datasets. SingleStore offers faster data ingestion and query execution for real-time use cases, while Snowflake is better for complex analytical queries on historical data.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    SingleStore
    The support deep dives into our most complexed queries and bizarre issues that sometimes only we get comparing to other clients. Our special workload (thousands of Kafka pipelines + high concurrency of queries). The response match to the priority of the request, P1 gets immediate return call. Missing features are treated, they become a client request and being added to the roadmap after internal consideration on all client needs and priority. Bugs are patched quite fast, depends on the impact and feasible temporary workarounds. There is no issue that we haven't got a proper answer, resolution or reasoning
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    We give the support a high rating simply because every time we've had issues or questions, representatives were in contact with us quickly. Without fail, our issues/questions were handled in a timely matter. That kind of response is integral when client data integrity and availability is in question. There is also a wealth of documentation for resolving issues on your own.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    SingleStore
    Would prefer in person training but for online training, it's almost as good as in person
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    SingleStore
    We allowed 2-3 months for a thorough evaluation. We saw pretty quickly that we were likely to pick SingleStore, so we ported some of our stored procedures to SingleStore in order to take a deeper look. Two SingleStore people worked closely with us to ensure that we did not have any blocking problems. It all went remarkably smoothly.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    SingleStore
    Greenplum is good in handling very large amount of data. Concurrency in Greenplum was a major problem. Features available in SingleStore like Pipelines and in memory features are not available in Greenplum. Gemfire was not scaling well like SingleStore. Support of both Greenplum and Gemfire was not good. Product team did not help us much like the ones in SingleStore who helped us getting started on our first cluster very fast.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    We moved away from Oracle and NoSQL because we had been so reliant on them for the last 25 years, the pricing was too much and we were looking for a way to cut the cord. Snowflake is just too up in the air, feels like it is soon to be just another line item to add to your Azure subscription. Azure was just priced right, easy to migrate to and plenty of resources to hire to support/maintain it. Very easy to learn, too.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    SingleStore
    Very reliable. Coming from mariadb, singlestore has made our application more reliable and faster!
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    SingleStore
    • As the overall performance and functionality were expanded, we are able to deliver our data much faster than before, which increases the demand for data.
    • Metadata is available in the platform by default, like metadata on the pipelines. Also, the information schema has lots of metadata, making it easy to load our assets to the data catalog.
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    Microsoft
    • Perfect for small and medium databases, being very cost effective.
    • As a Platform as a Service, there is no concern about patches, upgrades and end of life.
    • Be aware of security and network capabilities. The service cannot run in the VNET as Azure Virtual Machines do.
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