Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users

Pros & Cons summary

Buyer's Guide

Get pricing advice, tips, use cases and valuable features from real users of this product.
Get the report

Prominent pros & cons

PROS

SingleStore enables low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale.
MemSQL supports the MySQL protocol, facilitating a short learning curve.
The ability to create pipelines to streamline and extract data is highly valuable.
Automatic reinstallation and reconfiguration during shutdowns improve resilience.
Exceptional speed and distributed architecture enhance performance significantly.

CONS

SingleStore's Azure pipelines lack parameterization features compared to AWS.
It is not optimal for direct data collection through queries, being more suited for aggregation tasks.
Migrating servers using a single command is not available but would be beneficial.
The documentation is disorganized, with no online training available, making it tough for new customers.
Poor key distribution can significantly impact performance, requiring a backward design approach.
 

SingleStore Pros review quotes

MA
Owner at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Oct 23, 2020
MemSQL supports the MySQL protocol, and many functions are similar, so the learning curve is very short.
Ishtiaque Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analytics Solution Architect at Cinergie Digital
Mar 15, 2023
The most valuable feature is the ability to create pipelines, streamline and extract data from the pipelines.
Khawaja Shoaib Hamid - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Sales Manager at Cinergie Digital
Jul 26, 2023
The product can automatically reinstall and reconfigure in case of a shutdown.
Learn what your peers think about SingleStore. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: February 2026.
884,873 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Yasin Sarı - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 7, 2023
The paramount advantage is the exceptional speed.
reviewer2321985 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Jan 2, 2024
It's a distributed relational database, so it does not have a single server, it has multiple servers. Its architecture itself is fast because it has multiple nodes to distribute the workload and process large amounts of data.
VK
Solution Architect at Wipro Limited
Dec 14, 2023
The ability to store data in memory is a standout feature, enhanced by robust failover mechanisms.
Kelvin  Ben - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Mar 8, 2026
SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone.
 

SingleStore Cons review quotes

MA
Owner at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Oct 23, 2020
There should be more pipelines available because I think that if MemSQL can connect to other services, that would be great.
Ishtiaque Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analytics Solution Architect at Cinergie Digital
Mar 15, 2023
Having the ability to migrate servers using a single command would be extremely beneficial.
Khawaja Shoaib Hamid - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Sales Manager at Cinergie Digital
Jul 26, 2023
We don't get good discounts in Pakistan.
Learn what your peers think about SingleStore. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: February 2026.
884,873 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Yasin Sarı - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 7, 2023
It is not the optimal choice for direct data collection through queries, and it's more suited for aggregation tasks.
reviewer2321985 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Jan 2, 2024
For new customers, it's very tough to start. Their documentation isn't organized, and there's no online training available. SingleStore is working on it, but that's a major drawback.
VK
Solution Architect at Wipro Limited
Dec 14, 2023
Poor key distribution can significantly impact performance, requiring a backward approach in design rather than adding tables incrementally.
Kelvin  Ben - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Mar 8, 2026
SingleStore can be improved in the aspect that the Azure pipelines do not have many parameterization features compared to others, for example, AWS.