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Comparison

Delta Lake 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.

Delta Lake full profile →SingleStore full profile →
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Delta Lake61
★SingleStore79
Score
vioscaleAI score
Delta Lake61 / 100medium · 58%
SingleStore79 / 100medium · 68%
Pricing
Free tier
Delta Lake✓
SingleStore✓
Model
Delta Lakeopen_source
SingleStorefreemium
Price level
Delta Lakefree
SingleStorelow
Transparent
Delta Lake–
SingleStore✗
Integrations
Count
Delta Lake15
SingleStore8
Security
Certifications
Delta Lake–
SingleStorePCI DSS v4.0.1
Disclosure policy
Delta Lake–
SingleStore✓
Gdpr
Delta Lake–
SingleStore✓
Hipaa
Delta Lake–
SingleStore✓
Iso27001
Delta Lake–
SingleStore✓
Pci
Delta Lake–
SingleStore✓
Scorecard
Delta Lake6.2
SingleStore–
Soc2
Delta Lake–
SingleStore✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Delta Lake–
SingleStore99.99
Status page
Delta Lake–
SingleStore✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Delta Lake152
SingleStore–
Github stars
Delta Lake9,042
SingleStore–
Package downloads weekly
Delta Lake6,751,062
SingleStore–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Delta Lake100
SingleStore–
Release
Cadence days
Delta Lake50
SingleStore–
History
Delta Lake20 items
SingleStore–
License
Spdx
Delta LakeApache-2.0
SingleStore–
Language
Primary
Delta LakeScala
SingleStore–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Delta Lake5 items
SingleStore7 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
Delta LakeSelf-hosted
SingleStoreHybrid
Architecture
Architecture
Delta LakeSeparated storage/compute
SingleStoreCoupled MPP
Compute model
Delta Lake-
SingleStore-
Query
SQL dialect
Delta Lake-
SingleStoreVendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Delta Lake✓
SingleStore✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
Delta LakeDelta, Iceberg, Hudi
SingleStore-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Delta Lake-
SingleStore-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Delta Lake✓
SingleStore✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
Delta LakeFirst-class
SingleStoreFirst-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Delta Lake-
SingleStore-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Delta Lake✓
SingleStore✓
Licensing
Licence class
Delta LakePermissive OSS
SingleStoreProprietary

What each one is

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

Delta Lake

A storage framework enabling lakehouse architectures—unified platforms combining data warehouse and data lake capabilities—that works with multiple query engines and can be deployed on any cloud, on-premises, or locally.

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.

Delta Lake

Open sourceFree tier
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
CLI
Delta Lake–
SingleStore✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Delta Lake✗
SingleStore✓
Self-hosted
Delta Lake✓
SingleStore✓

Integrations

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

In common (5)
  • Kafka
  • AWS Glue
  • Snowflake
  • Power BI
  • Apache Iceberg

Delta Lake

35 total - 30 not shared
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Flink
  • Apache Hive
  • Apache Pulsar
  • Apache Druid
  • ClickHouse
  • Trino
  • PrestoDB
  • StarRocks
  • RisingWave
  • Dagster
  • Hopsworks
  • MLflow
  • AWS Athena
  • AWS EMR
  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Google BigQuery
  • Databricks
  • AWS Redshift
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Starburst
  • Oracle
  • Excel
  • FINOS Legend
  • +6 more
Independently observed

SingleStore

Leader
20 total - 15 not shared
  • Amazon S3
  • HDFS
  • MongoDB
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
  • Ping
  • AWS S3
  • MySQL
  • Langchain
  • VS Code
  • Metabase
  • Cloudera
  • node-mysql2
  • go-sql-driver/mysql
  • S3
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Delta Lake or SingleStore: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

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