SingleStore

singlestore.com
Database
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The Performance You Need for Enterprise AI

How to Replace SingleStore

Overview

SingleStore is a cloud database-as-a-service that delivers ultra-low latency between data creation and query response for complex queries at petabyte scale. It provides a unified platform for transactions, analytics, search and AI workloads without requiring complex data infrastructure. The platform combines rowstore and columnstore storage with support for multiple data models including relational, JSON, time-series, vector, and full-text search.

Features

40 features across 18 categories

AI(3)

Aura AnalystAIPremium

AI & ML Functions for enterprise AI applications

Full-Context AIAI

Run search and analytical workloads with operationalized enterprise data for ML models without specialty databases

Vector SearchAI

Fast K-NN and ANN vector search with IVF, HNSW and PQ algorithms for AI applications

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Administration(3)

Management API

REST-based management API for database operations and automation

Resource Governance

Manage and govern compute and storage resources across workloads

Transparent Updates

Automatic and transparent database updates without downtime

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Smartsheet

Analytics(1)

Real-Time Analytics

Ingest millions of rows per second and scale for user concurrency without sacrificing query speed

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Availability(2)

High AvailabilityPremium

Multi-AZ failover and SLA guarantees for mission-critical applications

Read ReplicasPremium

Create read replicas for scaling read operations and high availability

Compatibility(3)

ANSI SQL Compliance

ACID compliant transactions with standard SQL support

MongoDB Wire Protocol Compatibility

Native MongoDB wire-protocol compatibility for semi-structured and unstructured data

MySQL Wire Protocol Compatibility

Full compatibility with MySQL wire protocol for easy application migration

Compliance(1)

Compliance CertificationsPremium

ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, Privacy Shield, CCPA, GDPR and HIPAA compliance

Also in: Insider CDP, Airtable, 1Password

Data Ingestion(2)

Bulk Load

High-speed bulk data loading capabilities

Streaming Data Pipelines

Support for Kafka, Amazon S3, and HDFS streaming data ingestion

Data Integration(1)

SingleStore FlowPremium

Data integration service for streaming data pipelines and ETL operations

Data Management(1)

Multi-Model Support

Support for relational (SQL), JSON, time-series, full-text search, vector database, and geospatial data types

Development Tools(3)

Code Engine

Code Engine powered by WebAssembly (WASM) for running custom code

Database BranchingPremium

Create branches of your database for development and testing purposes

Jupyter Notebooks

Build from prototype to production with integrated Jupyter notebooks for SQL and Python projects

Disaster Recovery(2)

Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)Premium

Online ability to recover databases to any point in time

Smart DRPremium

Smart disaster recovery with automated failover capabilities

Integration(3)

Data Lake Agnostic Platform

Power your apps with data from Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift or Iceberg

Native Drivers

ODBC and JDBC native drivers for database connectivity

SingleStore Kai

API for 100x faster operations on MongoDB with no query changes or transformations required

Observability(2)

Monitoring and Alerts

Built-in monitoring and alerting capabilities for database health and performance

Query History

Track and analyze query history for performance optimization

Performance(1)

Ultra-Low Latency Queries

Single-digit millisecond response times on queries over huge amounts of data with high user concurrency

Scalability(2)

Clusters

Scale compute independently while workloads run on shared data

Horizontal Scalability

Scale out architecture with separation of storage and compute for optimizing price-performance

Security(7)

Audit LoggingPremium

Comprehensive audit logging for compliance and security monitoring

Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK)Premium

Support for customer-managed encryption keys for enhanced security control

Data Encryption

AES-256 encryption of data at rest and SSL/TLS encryption in transit

Private Network ConnectionsPremium

Private network connectivity options for enhanced security

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Engine-level role-based access control for authorization

SCIM with OktaPremium

SCIM integration with Okta for identity management

Single Sign-On (SSO)Premium

Authentication via JWT and federated authentication through SAML and OAuth

Storage(2)

Bottomless Storage

Data persists to local disk with optional spillover to object storage for separation of compute and storage

Universal Storage

Unique rowstore and columnstore combination for high performance transactions and analytics

Pricing

Free

Free
  • 1 Free Workspace
  • Shared Workspace
  • All SQL and Programmability features
  • Monitoring
  • Self-support

Managed Standard

Popular
$0.99/hr
  • Read-replicas
  • All SQL and Programmability features
  • Database Branching
  • Monitoring (30-day)
  • 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)
  • Standard Support

BYOC Standard

Custom
  • Bring Your Own Cloud
  • Experience advantages of fully managed Helios Cloud within your own VPC
  • Read-replicas
  • All SQL and Programmability features
  • Monitoring (30-day)
  • Standard Support

Managed Enterprise

$1.49/hr
  • Enhanced DR & security for customer-facing workloads
  • Online PITR
  • Smart DR
  • Audit Logging
  • SCIM with Okta
  • CMEK
  • 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying SingleStore

Monthly$0.99/mo
Yearly$12/yr
5-Year Total$59

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~5 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyEasy

Total Cost Comparison

1 Year
SaaS
$12
DIY
$240
3 Years
SaaS
$36
DIY
$720
5 Years
SaaS
$59
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 40 features at easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a SingleStore alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 40 features.

Buy SingleStore

Better Value
Monthly cost$9.9/mo
3-year total$356.4
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$36,000
Maintenance$540/mo
3-year total$55,440
Dev time~3 months

Buying SingleStore saves ~$55,083.6 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 40 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

15 known integrations

Amazon S3AWSAzureAzure ADBigQueryDatabricksGoogle CloudHDFSIcebergKafkaMongoDBOktaPingRedshiftSnowflake