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System Properties Comparison Amazon DocumentDB vs. Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Heroic vs. Realm

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NameAmazon DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast, scalable, highly available, and fully managed MongoDB-compatible database serviceAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score1.91
Rank#132  Overall
#24  Document stores
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­documentdbimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicrealm.io
Technical documentationaws.amazon.com/­documentdb/­resourcesimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homespotify.github.io/­heroicrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSSpotifyRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20192013201320142014
Current release4.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnono
APIs and other access methodsproprietary protocol using JSON (MongoDB compatible)JDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2nono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnonoyesnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-availability zones for high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicasselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2yesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)yes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not used, however similar functionality with DBRef possiblenoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-document operationsnoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.noyesnoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2yes

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