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Alternatives to SingleStore
24 databases tools sit alongside SingleStore in this directory. Below is what separates each from SingleStore on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 19
- Cheaper to start
- 2
- SingleStore starts at
- Free, then $0.99/month
Why people look past SingleStore
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the SingleStore entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
SingleStore publishes a single plan, Free Tier at $0.99/month. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The real-time data platform
Priced and rated the same as SingleStore on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Fast open-source column-oriented database for real-time analytics
Priced and rated the same as SingleStore on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Real-time analytics database for sub-second OLAP queries
Priced and rated the same as SingleStore on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
MIT-licensed analytical SQL database that runs inside your process, with no server, no dependencies and one writer at a time.
Priced and rated the same as SingleStore on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
MPP analytical database with a MySQL wire protocol and sub-second aggregation on wide tables
Priced and rated the same as SingleStore on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
The Meta-lineage distributed SQL query engine, distinct from the Trino fork
Priced and rated the same as SingleStore on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every SingleStore alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SingleStore (this page) | Free, then $0.99/month | - | 1 | |
| RedisCaching and real-time data platform with reliable in-memory performance, but lacks SQL support and analytical querying capabilities. | Free | - | - | vs SingleStore |
| ClickHouseOpen-source OLAP database optimized for analytics with columnar storage, but limited for transactional workloads. | Free | - | - | vs SingleStore |
| Apache DruidDistributed OLAP database for real-time ingestion and time-series analytics, but not designed for transactional consistency. | Free | Open-source | - | vs SingleStore |
| DuckDBEmbedded SQL OLAP engine for fast analytics on local data, but lacks distributed capabilities and cloud management. | Free | Open-source | - | vs SingleStore |
| Apache Doris | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs SingleStore |
| Presto | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs SingleStore |
| EMQX | Free, then $234/month | Per month by connection and session volume | 4 | vs SingleStore |
| StarRocks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs SingleStore |
| Solace PubSub+ | Free | Quote | 4 | vs SingleStore |
| Tinybird | Free, then $25/month | Per month by compute and storage | 4 | vs SingleStore |
| Dremio | Free, then $0.2/hour | Per Dremio Compute Unit consumed | 3 | vs SingleStore |
| VerneMQ | Free | Quote | 3 | vs SingleStore |
| Timeplus | Free, then $199/month | Per month for cloud, quoted for self-hosted | 3 | vs SingleStore |
| RisingWave | Free, then $0.227/hour | Per RisingWave Unit hour | 4 | vs SingleStore |
| NATS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs SingleStore |
| Redpanda | Free | Source-available community edition with paid enterprise and cloud tiers | 1 | vs SingleStore |
| RabbitMQ | Free | Open source, no licence fee; managed services billed separately | 1 | vs SingleStore |
| Canary Labs | $3000/year | Per tag band per year | 4 | vs SingleStore |
| Instaclustr | On request | Quote | 1 | vs SingleStore |
| Immuta | On request | Quote | 1 | vs SingleStore |
| Privacera | On request | Quote | 1 | vs SingleStore |
| TIBCO Enterprise Message Service | On request | Quote | 1 | vs SingleStore |
| Apache Solr | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs SingleStore |
| Apache Pulsar | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs SingleStore |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the SingleStore badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (19)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Redis , Free
- ClickHouse , Free
- Apache Druid , Free
- DuckDB , Free
- Apache Doris , Free
- Presto , Free
- EMQX , Free, then $234/month
- StarRocks , Free
Cheaper than SingleStore (2)
Entry price under SingleStore's $0.99/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Dremio , Free, then $0.2/hour
- RisingWave , Free, then $0.227/hour
What you would be giving up
SingleStore is most often brought in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend, reporting, data analytics. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If SingleStore is broadly right and the question is cost, the SingleStore pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Databases category lists everything the directory holds, and best databases tools ranks them.
SingleStore runs on cloud (singlestoredb cloud), self-managed. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about SingleStore alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to SingleStore?
- 24 other databases tools are listed in this directory, led by Redis, ClickHouse, Apache Druid, DuckDB. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to SingleStore?
- 19 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Redis, ClickHouse, Apache Druid, DuckDB, Apache Doris.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to SingleStore?
- Yes. 2 of the alternatives below start under SingleStore's $0.99/month: Dremio at Free, then $0.2/hour, RisingWave at Free, then $0.227/hour.
- Why do people look for an alternative to SingleStore?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from SingleStore?
- SingleStore is most often brought in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend, reporting, data analytics. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to SingleStore?
- Apache Druid, DuckDB are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these SingleStore alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Databases, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare SingleStore against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against SingleStore covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every databases tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Databases category, 24 tools beside SingleStore. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.