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Comparison

SingleStore vs StarRocks

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.

SingleStore full profile →StarRocks full profile →
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★SingleStore79
StarRocks47
Score
vioscaleAI score
SingleStore79 / 100medium · 68%
StarRocks47 / 100low · 10%
Pricing
Free tier
SingleStore✓
StarRocks✓
Model
SingleStorefreemium
StarRocksopen_source
Price level
SingleStorelow
StarRocksfree
Transparent
SingleStore✗
StarRocks–
Integrations
Count
SingleStore8
StarRocks9
Security
Certifications
SingleStorePCI DSS v4.0.1
StarRocks–
Disclosure policy
SingleStore✓
StarRocks–
Gdpr
SingleStore✓
StarRocks–
Hipaa
SingleStore✓
StarRocks–
Iso27001
SingleStore✓
StarRocks–
Pci
SingleStore✓
StarRocks–
Soc2
SingleStore✓
StarRocks–
Reliability
Sla pct
SingleStore99.99
StarRocks–
Status page
SingleStore✓
StarRocks–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
SingleStore7 items
StarRocks5 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
SingleStoreHybrid
StarRocksHybrid
Architecture
Architecture
SingleStoreCoupled MPP
StarRocksSeparated storage/compute
Compute model
SingleStore-
StarRocksClusters
Query
SQL dialect
SingleStoreVendor-specific
StarRocksANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
SingleStore✓
StarRocks✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
SingleStore-
StarRocksApache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Apache Hive, Delta Lake
Scale
Concurrency scaling
SingleStore-
StarRocksManual
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
SingleStore✓
StarRocks✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
SingleStoreFirst-class
StarRocks-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
SingleStore-
StarRocks✗
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
SingleStore✓
StarRocks✗
Licensing
Licence class
SingleStoreProprietary
StarRocksSource-available

What each one is

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

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

StarRocks

An open-source analytical database that delivers sub-second query performance on both structured data and data lakes, serving real-time analytics and AI agents at scale.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

StarRocks

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Linux
SingleStore✗
StarRocks✓
CLI
SingleStore✓
StarRocks✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
SingleStore✓
StarRocks✓
Self-hosted
SingleStore✓
StarRocks✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Apache Iceberg

SingleStore

Leader
20 total - 19 not shared
  • Kafka
  • Amazon S3
  • HDFS
  • MongoDB
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
  • Ping
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS S3
  • MySQL
  • Langchain
  • VS Code
  • Metabase
  • Snowflake
  • Cloudera
  • node-mysql2
  • go-sql-driver/mysql
  • S3
  • Power BI
Independently observed

StarRocks

18 total - 17 not shared
  • Apache Hudi
  • Apache Hive
  • Delta Lake
  • Apache Kafka
  • Airbyte
  • Apache Superset
  • Min.IO
  • dbt Labs
  • Alibaba Cloud EMR
  • AWS
  • ByteDance Volcano Engine
  • CelerData
  • Mirrorship
  • Apache Flink
  • Grafana
  • Apache Paimon
  • dbt
Independently observed
Still deciding?

SingleStore or StarRocks: 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.