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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Apache Impala vs. ArangoDB vs. Axibase vs. HBase

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAnalytic DBMS for HadoopNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Scalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTable
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Websitealtibase.comimpala.apache.orgarangodb.comaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financehbase.apache.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.arangodb.comhbase.apache.org/­book.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperAltibaseApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaArangoDB Inc.Axibase CorporationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release19992013201220132008
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20234.1.0, June 20223.11.5, November 2023155852.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++JavaJava
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringoptions to bring your own types, AVRO
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJavaScriptyesyes infoCoprocessors in Java
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infosince version 2.0ShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC
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AltibaseApache ImpalaArangoDBAxibaseHBase
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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