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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute vs. Apache Impala vs. HBase vs. TypeDB vs. YugabyteDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud MaxCompute  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMaxCompute (previously known as ODPS) is a general purpose, fully managed, multi-tenancy data processing platform for large-scale data warehousingAnalytic DBMS for HadoopWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query languageHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa graph-processing framework is available with the graphs being stored in tablesRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.77
Rank#214  Overall
#98  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.65
Rank#234  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­maxcomputeimpala.apache.orghbase.apache.orgtypedb.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­maxcomputeimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmltypedb.com/­docsdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetVaticleYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20162013200820162017
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.3.4, January 20212.26.3, January 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsFluentd
Flume
MaxCompute Console
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infoin Javayes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infoCoprocessors in Javanoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingSharding infoby using CassandraHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoby using CassandraBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeperno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infosubstituted by the relationship featureyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progressyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud MaxComputeApache ImpalaHBaseTypeDB infoformerly named GraknYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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YugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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PostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Systems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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Apache 2.0 license for the database
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