Compare InfiniDB vs. StarTree

InfiniDB is a column-oriented database management system specifically designed for online analytical processing (OLAP) workloads, featuring a distributed architecture that facilitates Massive Parallel Processing (MPP). Its integration with MySQL allows users who are accustomed to MySQL to transition smoothly to InfiniDB, as they can connect using any MySQL-compatible connector. To manage concurrency, InfiniDB employs Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) and utilizes a System Change Number (SCN) to represent the system's versioning. In the Block Resolution Manager (BRM), it effectively organizes three key structures: the version buffer, the version substitution structure, and the version buffer block manager, which all work together to handle multiple data versions. Additionally, InfiniDB implements deadlock detection mechanisms to address conflicts that arise during data transactions. Notably, it supports all MySQL syntax, including features like foreign keys, making it versatile for users. Moreover, it employs range partitioning for each column, maintaining the minimum and maximum values of each partition in a compact structure known as the extent map, ensuring efficient data retrieval and organization. This unique approach to data management enhances both performance and scalability for complex analytical queries.

StarTree Cloud is a fully-managed real-time analytics platform designed for OLAP at massive speed and scale for user-facing applications. Powered by Apache Pinot, StarTree Cloud provides enterprise-grade reliability and advanced capabilities such as tiered storage, scalable upserts, plus additional indexes and connectors. It integrates seamlessly with transactional databases and event streaming platforms, ingesting data at millions of events per second and indexing it for lightning-fast query responses. StarTree Cloud is available on your favorite public cloud or for private SaaS deployment. StarTree Cloud includes StarTree Data Manager, which allows you to ingest data from both real-time sources such as Amazon Kinesis, Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, or Redpanda, as well as batch data sources such as data warehouses like Snowflake, Delta Lake or Google BigQuery, or object stores like Amazon S3, Apache Flink, Apache Hadoop, or Apache Spark. StarTree ThirdEye is an add-on anomaly detection system running on top of StarTree Cloud that observes your business-critical metrics, alerting you and allowing you to perform root-cause analysis — all in real-time.