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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Apache Pinot vs. H2GIS vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache Pinot vs. H2GIS vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Realm

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencySpatial extension of H2A multi-model DBMS and application serverA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgpinot.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacherealm.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.pinot.apache.orgwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.intersystems.comrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation and contributorsCNRSInterSystemsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20132015201319972014
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.0.0, September 20232018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesdepending on used data modelyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
Python
JavaC#
C++
Java
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2yesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2Source-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2Access rights for users, groups and rolesyes

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