# Firebolt vs SingleStore

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** SingleStore

| Attribute | Firebolt | SingleStore |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 63 (74% (medium)) | 78.8 (68% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"An open-source analytical database designed for real-time and batch analytics that can run from a single laptop to distributed clusters across multiple cloud providers. It supports industry-standard formats like Iceberg, uses a Postgres-compatible SQL dialect, and offers per-second billing with no fixed costs. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://www.firebolt.io/pricing","question":"What is Firebolt?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Firebolt offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.03 per gb per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.firebolt.io","question":"Is Firebolt free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Firebolt supports the web, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.firebolt.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Firebolt support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Firebolt can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.firebolt.io/pricing","question":"Can Firebolt be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Firebolt, including Claude, Copilot, Cursor, Salesforce, RudderStack, Onfire, Calendly and Cal.com, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.firebolt.io/pricing","question":"What does Firebolt integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Firebolt. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Firebolt not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.firebolt.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Firebolt have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Firebolt is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States, the EU and the United Kingdom.","source":"https://www.firebolt.io/pricing","question":"Where is Firebolt available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A high-performance distributed database that enables real-time data ingestion from and querying of Apache Iceberg data lakes without complex ETL tooling, supporting bi-directional data flow between the database and data lakes. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com","question":"What is SingleStore?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SingleStore offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.02. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com","question":"Is SingleStore free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SingleStore supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com","question":"What platforms does SingleStore support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. SingleStore can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com/pricing/","question":"Can SingleStore be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 16 integrations for SingleStore, including Kafka, Amazon S3, HDFS, MongoDB, Okta, Azure AD, Ping and Apache Iceberg, plus 8 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com","question":"What does SingleStore integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for SingleStore. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as SingleStore not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com/security/","question":"What security certifications does SingleStore have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"SingleStore is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com/pricing/","question":"Where is SingleStore available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source analytical database designed for real-time and batch analytics that can run from a single laptop to distributed clusters across multiple cloud providers. It supports industry-standard formats like Iceberg, uses a Postgres-compatible SQL dialect, and offers per-second billing with no fixed costs. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"in_db_ml":true,"deployment":"hybrid","sql_dialect":"vendor","architecture":"separated","compute_model":"clusters","license_class":"permissive","table_formats":"Iceberg, DuckLake","semi_structured":"first_class","streaming_ingest":true,"concurrency_scaling":"manual"}` | `{"deployment":"hybrid","sql_dialect":"vendor","architecture":"coupled_mpp","data_sharing":true,"license_class":"proprietary","semi_structured":"first_class","federation_query":true,"streaming_ingest":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 8 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Copilot"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"RudderStack"},{"name":"Onfire"},{"name":"Calendly"},{"name":"Cal.com"},{"name":"Smartlead"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Tableau Cloud","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Iceberg","native":true,"category":"data_format","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"S3","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Kafka","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"HDFS"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"Azure AD"},{"name":"Ping"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg","native":true,"category":"data_integration","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS Glue","native":true,"category":"data_catalog"},{"name":"AWS S3","native":true,"category":"storage"},{"name":"MySQL","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"Langchain","native":true,"category":"ai_ml"},{"name":"VS Code","native":true,"category":"ide"},{"name":"Metabase","category":"bi_analytics"},{"name":"Snowflake","category":"data_platform"},{"name":"Cloudera","category":"data_platform"},{"name":"node-mysql2","category":"driver"},{"name":"go-sql-driver/mysql","category":"driver"},{"name":"S3","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Power BI","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","summary":"Free self-hosted","features":["self-hosted","no limits"],"description":"Self-hosted, fully open source, no limits","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Managed Service","summary":"From $0.92/hr per node + $0.0264/GB·mo storage. Includes $200 free credits.","features":["per-second billing","auto-scaling","auto start/resume","scale to zero","workload isolation","online version upgrades"],"components":[{"kind":"metered","unit":"S node","amount":0.92,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"metered","unit":"gb","amount":0.0264,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Cloud-managed analytical database with per-second billing","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"free_credits":"$200"}},{"free":false,"name":"Bring Your Own Cloud","description":"Managed service on your cloud infrastructure","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source self-hosted option, or managed service from $0.92/hr per node + $0.0264/GB·mo. Includes $200 free credits.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.firebolt.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:40:52.479Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.0264,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free Workspace","summary":"Free","features":["Shared Workspace","All SQL and Programmability features","Monitoring","Self-support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Shared workspace for evaluation, development and non-production testing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"Starts at $0.99/hr + $0.023/GB storage","features":["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"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.99,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.023,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For general-purpose production workloads","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Standard BYOC","summary":"Contact us for pricing","features":["Fully managed within customer VPC","Read-replicas","All SQL and Programmability features","Monitoring (30-day)","Standard Support"],"description":"Bring Your Own Cloud - fully managed within customer VPC","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Starts at $1.49/hr","features":["Online PITR","Smart DR","Audit Logging","CMEK","99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.49,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enhanced DR & security for customer-facing workloads","contactSales":true}],"summary":"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.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.singlestore.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:41:44.172Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.023,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27018","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA Business Associate","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"PCI DSS v4.0.1","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.firebolt.io/security | - |

## Capabilities (Data Warehouse Software)

| Capability | Firebolt | SingleStore |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Hybrid | Hybrid |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Architecture | Separated storage/compute | Coupled MPP |
| Compute model | Clusters | - |
| **Query** |  |  |
| SQL dialect | Vendor-specific | Vendor-specific |
| Federation / lakehouse query-in-place | - | ✓ |
| **Interoperability** |  |  |
| Table-format support | Iceberg, DuckLake | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Concurrency scaling | Manual | - |
| **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 | Permissive OSS | Proprietary |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:15:57.831Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*