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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. EsgynDB vs. Greenplum vs. TDengine

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for HadoopEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Time Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#107  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cngreenplum.orggithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.greenplum.orgdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaEsgynPivotal Software Inc.TDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release20122013201520052019
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 20227.0.0, September 20233.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes infosince Version 4.2no
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyesStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava Stored Proceduresyesno
Triggersnononoyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenonono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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Apache DrillApache ImpalaEsgynDBGreenplumTDengine
Specific characteristicsTDengineā„¢ is a time-series database designed to help traditional industries overcome...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at Any Scale: With its distributed scalable architecture that grows...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and particularly...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 23,000 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is free, open-source software released under the AGPLv3. TDengine Enterprise...
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