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DBMS > Altibase vs. Apache Impala vs. FatDB vs. Vertica vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Apache Impala vs. FatDB vs. Vertica vs. Yaacomo

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Cloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.OpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infoColumn orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comimpala.apache.orgwww.vertica.comyaacomo.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperAltibaseApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaFatCloudOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release19992013201220052009
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20234.1.0, June 202212.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno
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Implementation languageC++C++C#C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
LinuxWindowsLinuxAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServerFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infovia applicationsyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyesnoyes infovia applicationsyes, called Custom Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorselectable replication factorMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesno infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDACID
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AltibaseApache ImpalaFatDBVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™Yaacomo
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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