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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache IoTDB vs. BaseX vs. FileMaker vs. ObjectBox

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgiotdb.apache.orgbasex.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerobjectbox.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmliotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.basex.orgwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software FoundationBaseX GmbHClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleObjectBox Limited
Initial release20132018200719832017
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.1.0, April 202310.7, August 202319.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno infoXQuery supports 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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languagenoyes infovia pluginsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Native API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
PHPC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyesyesno
Triggersnoyesyes infovia eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)nonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14online/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonomultiple readers, single writernoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes
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