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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Databricks vs. SAP IQ vs. searchxml

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.Analytic DBMS for HadoopThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infocolumn-orientedNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
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Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlimpala.apache.orgwww.databricks.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.databricks.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDatabricksSAP, formerly Sybaseinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release2013201319942015
Current release4.1.0, June 202216.1 SPS04, April 20191.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesnoyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementswith Databricks SQLyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCPython
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functions and aggregatesyesyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factoryesSAP/Sybase Replication Serveryes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnononono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLApache ImpalaDatabricksSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQsearchxml
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Supported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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