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Lytics vs SingleStore

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Lytics

Automation Integration

The customer data platform for personalization

From
$400/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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SingleStore

Databases

The real-time distributed SQL database for data-intensive applications

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only SingleStore has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Lytics billed in credits where one credit is an update to a user profile, so the bill tracks how often profiles change rather than how many exist; SingleStore high licensing costs that increase with data scale and cluster size
  • They diverge on capability: Lytics covers Data collection, SingleStore covers Real-time Analytics.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lytics and SingleStore actually diverge.

Attributes where Lytics and SingleStore differ
AttributeLyticsSingleStore
Starting price$400/monthFree
Pricing modelusage-basedUnknown
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebCloud (SingleStoreDB Cloud), Self-Managed
CategoryAutomation IntegrationDatabases
Founded20132011

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Lytics

  • Data collection
  • Audience segmentation
  • Predictive analytics
  • Personalization
  • Real-time activation
  • Analytics
  • API access
  • 100+ integrations

Only in SingleStore

  • Real-time Analytics
  • Fast Data Ingest
  • In-memory Processing
  • Distributed Architecture
  • MySQL Compatible
  • Columnar Storage
  • Vector Search
  • Kafka

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Lytics

  • Building unified customer profiles from behavioural and marketing datanot SingleStore
  • Segmenting audiences and syncing them to marketing destinationsnot SingleStore

SingleStore

  • Transaction processingnot Lytics
  • Data storagenot Lytics
  • Application backendnot Lytics
  • Reportingnot Lytics
  • Data analyticsnot Lytics

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Lytics

  • Billed in credits where one credit is an update to a user profile, so the bill tracks how often profiles change rather than how many exist
  • Most inbound events consume a full credit each, and Cloud Connect sync events consume half a credit per updated row
  • The free Developer tier is capped at 2M monthly credits and 10 domains
  • The Growth plan is $500 a month for 5M credits, with additional credits at $500 per 10M
  • Enterprise begins above 10M credits and is quoted rather than published

SingleStore

  • High licensing costs that increase with data scale and cluster size
  • Eventual consistency in replication: secondary replicas may lag during high write loads
  • Complex operational setup requiring specialized knowledge for optimization
  • Vendor lock-in due to proprietary technology without open-source alternatives
  • Disorganized documentation and lack of online training resources

Pricing, plan by plan

Lytics

$400/month
  • Professional$400/month
    • Core CDP features
  • Advanced$1200/month
    • Advanced personalization
    • Priority support
  • Enterprise$3000/month
    • Custom solutions
    • Dedicated support

SingleStore

Free
  • Free Tier$0.99/month
    • Usage-based pricing
    • Limited resources

Which should you pick?

Choose Lytics if

  • You need data collection.
  • You also want audience segmentation.
Lytics review

Choose SingleStore if

  • You need real-time analytics.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Cloud (SingleStoreDB Cloud), Self-Managed.
  • You also want fast data ingest.
SingleStore review

Questions people ask

Is Lytics or SingleStore better?
Neither clearly leads. Lytics starts at $400/month and SingleStore at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lytics or SingleStore?
SingleStore has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $400/month for Lytics and Free for SingleStore.
Does Lytics or SingleStore run on more platforms?
Lytics runs on Web. SingleStore runs on Cloud (SingleStoreDB Cloud), Self-Managed.
Can I use SingleStore for free?
Yes. SingleStore has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Lytics starts at $400/month.
What is Lytics best used for?
Lytics is most often used for building unified customer profiles from behavioural and marketing data, segmenting audiences and syncing them to marketing destinations. Of those, building unified customer profiles from behavioural and marketing data and segmenting audiences and syncing them to marketing destinations are not what SingleStore is typically brought in for.
What can Lytics do that SingleStore cannot?
Lytics covers Data collection, Audience segmentation, Predictive analytics, Personalization. SingleStore covers Real-time Analytics, Fast Data Ingest, In-memory Processing, Distributed Architecture. Both handle Web support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

SingleStore: Does SingleStore offer a free tier?

Yes, SingleStore offers a free tier starting from $0.99/month with usage-based pricing. The free tier allows developers to evaluate the platform with limited resources before scaling to production workloads.

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SingleStore: Can SingleStore handle both transactional and analytical workloads?

Yes, SingleStore is a hybrid transactional/analytical processing (HTAP) database that combines operational (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads in a single unified engine, eliminating the need for separate systems.

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SingleStore: Does SingleStore integrate with Apache Spark?

Yes, SingleStore provides the Spark Connector 3.0 for bidirectional data integration with Apache Spark. The connector supports SQL, Python, Scala, Java, and R for data loading and extraction.

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SingleStore: Can SingleStore ingest data from Kafka?

Yes, SingleStore supports high-throughput streaming ingestion from Apache Kafka and other sources, enabling millions of events per second without requiring ETL pipelines or data movement.

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SingleStore: Is SingleStore available as cloud or self-managed?

SingleStore offers both deployment options: SingleStoreDB Cloud (managed service) and SingleStore Self-Managed for on-premises or private cloud deployments. The managed service handles infrastructure, scaling, and maintenance automatically.

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