Apache Ignite vs MemSQL: What are the differences?

Apache Ignite: An open-source distributed database, caching and processing platform *. It is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale; *MemSQL:** Database for real-time transactions and analytics. MemSQL converges transactions and analytics for sub-second data processing and reporting. Real-time businesses can build robust applications on a simple and scalable infrastructure that complements and extends existing data pipelines.

Apache Ignite and MemSQL belong to "In-Memory Databases" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Apache Ignite are:

• Memory-Centric Storage
• Distributed SQL
• Distributed Key-Value

On the other hand, MemSQL provides the following key features:

• ANSI SQL Support
• Fully-distributed Joins
• Compiled Queries

Apache Ignite is an open source tool with 2.67K GitHub stars and 1.3K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Apache Ignite's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, MemSQL has a broader approval, being mentioned in 10 company stacks & 16 developers stacks; compared to Apache Ignite, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.