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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud Log Service vs. Apache Impala vs. eXtremeDB vs. QuestDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud Log Service  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA complete real-time data logging service that supports collection, consumption, shipping, search, and analysis of logs.Analytic DBMS for HadoopNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.47
Rank#263  Overall
#18  Search engines
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­log-serviceimpala.apache.orgwww.mcobject.comquestdb.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­slsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaCloud Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMcObjectQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2016201320012014
Current release4.1.0, June 20228.2, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
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.nonono infosupport of XML interfaces availableno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesno
Triggersyesnoyes infoby defining eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes3 replicasselectable replication factorActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Source-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsES-Hadoop Connectoryes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlAlibaba Cloud user access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberos
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Alibaba Cloud Log ServiceApache ImpalaeXtremeDBQuestDB
Specific characteristicsA real-time service for telementry data (log, metric, trace). Alibaba Cloud Log Service...
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eXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantages* Ease of use: Completes data collections from more than 30 data sources within five...
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eXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenarios* Log/Trace/Event Search & Analysis * Application Monitoring * Operation Analysis...
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IoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customers* Alibaba & Ant-Finance:he infrastructure service for the Corp * Over 22k Subscriber...
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Schneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsPay-As-You-Go https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/log-service/pricing
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For server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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