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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hypertable vs. NuoDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hypertable vs. NuoDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for HadoopCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score15.00
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.99
Rank#195  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Hypertable Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20122013201220092013
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 20220.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxhostedLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesnoyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducelimited functionality with using 'rules'noJava, SQL
TriggersnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor on file system levelyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyesnoACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoMVCC
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 sourcenoyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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