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Comparison

Databricks vs SingleStore

On the evidence we track, SingleStore leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Databricks full profile →SingleStore full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Databricks60
★SingleStore72
Score
Vioscale score
Databricks60 / 100low · 48%
SingleStore72 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Databricks✓
SingleStore✓
Model
Databrickscommercial
SingleStorefreemium
Price level
Databrickslow
SingleStorelow
Transparent
Databricks✓
SingleStore✗
Integrations
Count
Databricks6
SingleStore7
Security
Disclosure policy
Databricks✓
SingleStore✓
Gdpr
Databricks–
SingleStore✓
Hipaa
Databricks–
SingleStore✓
Iso27001
Databricks–
SingleStore✓
Soc2
Databricks–
SingleStore✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Databricks–
SingleStore99.99
Status page
Databricks✓
SingleStore✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
DatabricksManaged cloud
SingleStoreHybrid
Architecture
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

Databricks is a unified data, analytics, and AI platform for enterprises that combines data warehousing, machine learning, and AI agent capabilities through its lakehouse architecture and serverless Postgres offering (Lakebase).

Independently observed

SingleStore

Leader

A hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP) database that combines real-time transactions, analytics, and AI capabilities in a single engine for enterprise applications.

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 verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
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.

Databricks

6 total
  • Teams
  • Slack
  • Confluence
  • Power Platform
  • Copilot Studio
  • Zerobus
Independently observed

SingleStore

Leader
7 total
  • Kafka
  • Amazon S3
  • HDFS
  • MongoDB
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
  • Ping
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.

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