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DBMS > Altibase vs. Apache Impala vs. Graph Engine vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Apache Impala vs. Graph Engine vs. ScyllaDB

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGraph Engine infoformer name: Trinity  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA distributed in-memory data processing engine, underpinned by a strongly-typed RAM store and a general distributed computation engineCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.00
Rank#194  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#240  Overall
#21  Graph DBMS
#35  Key-value stores
Score5.27
Rank#67  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitealtibase.comimpala.apache.orgwww.graphengine.iowww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.graphengine.io/­docs/­manualdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperAltibaseApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMicrosoftScyllaDB
Initial release1999201320102015
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20234.1.0, June 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++.NET and CC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux.NETLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
F#
Visual Basic
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes, Lua
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesoptional: either by committing a write-ahead log (WAL) to the local persistent storage or by dumping the memory to a persistent storageyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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AltibaseApache ImpalaGraph Engine infoformer name: TrinityScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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