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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Impala vs. Faircom EDGE vs. QuestDB vs. Realm

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGE  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreAnalytic DBMS for HadoopFairCom EDGE is an Industry 4.0 solution built to integrate, collect, aggregate and synchronize mission-critical data in edge computing environmentsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#368  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
#156  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbimpala.apache.orgwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-edgequestdb.iorealm.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-23d4f1fd-d213-f6d5-b92e-9b7475baa14e.htmlquestdb.io/­docsrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaFairCom CorporationQuestDB Technology IncRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20072013197920142014
Current release4.1.0, June 2022V3, October 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++ANSI C, C++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAndroid
Linux infoARM, x86
Raspbian
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infoANSI SQL queriesSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
IoT Microservice layer
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
VB.Net
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++nono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnonoyesnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingFile partitioning infoCustomizable business rules for partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factoryes infoSynchronous and asynchronous realtime replication based on transaction logsSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infowhen using SQLnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoacross SQL and NoSQLyes
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.noyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosFine grained user, group and file access rights managed across SQL (per ANSI standard) and NoSQL.yes
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Amazon SimpleDBApache ImpalaFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGEQuestDBRealm
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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