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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. SAP IQ

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Analytic DBMS for HadoopBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbimpala.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2013201619831994
Current release4.1.0, June 202219.4.1, November 202116.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++Python
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.yesnonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes infovia pluginsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
PHPC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factorselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14SAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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