Comparison

Databricks vs SingleStore

On the evidence we track, SingleStore leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Databricks53

★SingleStore79

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Databricks	SingleStoreLeader
vioscaleAI score	53 / 100low · 47%	79 / 100medium · 68%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	free	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	14	8
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	PCI DSS v4.0.1
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/session/genie-zeroops-data-quality-and-compliance-scale	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Databricks53 / 100low · 47%

SingleStore79 / 100medium · 68%

Pricing

Free tier

Databricks✓

SingleStore✓

Model

Databricksfree

SingleStorefreemium

Price level

Databricksfree

SingleStorelow

Transparent

Databricks✗

SingleStore✗

Integrations

Count

Databricks14

SingleStore8

Security

Certifications

Databricks–

SingleStorePCI DSS v4.0.1

Disclosure policy

Databricks✓

SingleStore✓

Gdpr

Databricks–

SingleStore✓

Hipaa

Databricks–

SingleStore✓

Iso27001

Databricks–

SingleStore✓

Pci

Databricks–

SingleStore✓

Soc2

Databricks–

SingleStore✓

Trust center

Databrickshttps://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/session/genie-zeroops-data-quality-and-compliance-scale

SingleStore–

Reliability

Sla pct

Databricks–

SingleStore99.99

Status page

Databricks✓

SingleStore✓

Market

Availability

DatabricksAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

SingleStoreAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Content

Faq

Databricks6 items

SingleStore7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data warehouse software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Data Warehouse Software
Capability	Databricks	SingleStore
Deployment
Deployment	Managed cloud	Hybrid
Architecture
Architecture	Separated storage/compute	Coupled MPP
Compute model	Serverless	-
Query
SQL dialect	Vendor-specific	Vendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	-	✓
Interoperability
Table-format support	Delta, Iceberg	-
Scale
Concurrency scaling	Automatic	-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest	✓	✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)	First-class	First-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions	✓	-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace	✓	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Proprietary	Proprietary

Deployment

DatabricksManaged cloud

SingleStoreHybrid

Architecture

DatabricksSeparated storage/compute

SingleStoreCoupled MPP

Compute model

DatabricksServerless

SingleStore-

Query

SQL dialect

DatabricksVendor-specific

SingleStoreVendor-specific

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

Databricks-

SingleStore✓

Interoperability

Table-format support

DatabricksDelta, Iceberg

SingleStore-

Scale

Concurrency scaling

DatabricksAutomatic

SingleStore-

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

Databricks✓

SingleStore✓

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

DatabricksFirst-class

SingleStoreFirst-class

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

Databricks✓

SingleStore-

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

Databricks✓

SingleStore✓

Licensing

Licence class

DatabricksProprietary

SingleStoreProprietary

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Databricks

An integrated data and AI platform built on open formats that merges transactional reliability with analytics and machine learning capabilities, enabling organizations to manage data, models, and AI applications together without vendor lock-in.

Independently observed

SingleStore

Leader

SingleStore is a unified database platform that processes both transactions and analytics with low-latency query performance and high-volume data ingestion capabilities, including native Apache Iceberg integration for lakehouse connectivity.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Databricks

from $0.07/moUsage-basedFree tier

Pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing from $0.069 / DBU or CU per second. Committed Use Contracts available for volume discounts. Free tier available.

Data EngineeringFrom $0.15 / DBU per second
- Orchestrate data processing
- Build streaming and batch pipelines
- Ingest data from multiple sources
Data WarehousingFrom $0.22 / DBU per second
- SQL analytics
- BI reporting
- Available in Classic and Serverless compute
Interactive WorkloadsFrom $0.40 / DBU per second
- Data science workloads
- Build custom applications
- Security and governance
Operational DatabaseFrom $0.069 / CU per second
- Postgres database
- Data and feature serving
Artificial IntelligenceFrom $0.07 / DBU per second
- GenAI applications
- Model Serving
- AI Functions
- Model Training
GenieFree
- Natural language Q&A
- AI Coding Assistant
- Enterprise Knowledge access

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

SingleStore

Leader

from $0.02/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Usage-based with commitment options. Compute from $0.99/hr (Standard) or $1.49/hr (Enterprise); storage $0.023/GB. Includes $600 free credits for Standard.

Free WorkspaceFree
- Shared Workspace
- All SQL and Programmability features
- Monitoring
- Self-support
StandardStarts at $0.99/hr + $0.023/GB storage
- Read-replicas
- All SQL and Programmability features
- Database Branching
- Monitoring (30-day)
- 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)
- +1 more
Standard BYOCContact sales
- Fully managed within customer VPC
- Read-replicas
- All SQL and Programmability features
- Monitoring (30-day)
- Standard Support
EnterpriseContact sales
- Online PITR
- Smart DR
- Audit Logging
- CMEK
- 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Databricks	SingleStore
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
AndroidPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Databricks✓

SingleStore✗

Android

Databricks✓

SingleStore✗

CLI

Databricks✗

SingleStore✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Databricks✓

SingleStore✓

Self-hosted

Databricks✗

SingleStore✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)

Apache Iceberg
LangChain

Databricks

22 total - 20 not shared

Teams
Slack
Confluence
Power Platform
Copilot Studio
Zerobus
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Teams
Apache Spark
MLflow
Delta Lake
Unity Catalog
Lakeflow
Databricks SQL
Databricks Genie
Lakebase
dbt
Trino
PyTorch
DSPy

Independently observed

SingleStore

Leader

20 total - 18 not shared

Kafka
Amazon S3
HDFS
MongoDB
Okta
Azure AD
Ping
AWS Glue
AWS S3
MySQL
VS Code
Metabase
Snowflake
Cloudera
node-mysql2
go-sql-driver/mysql
S3
Power BI

Independently observed

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