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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. ArangoDB vs. BoltDB vs. SpaceTime vs. STSdb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.An embedded key-value store for Go.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Key-value storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgarangodb.comgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.arangodb.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaArangoDB Inc.MireoSTS Soft SC
Initial release20132012201320202011
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.11.5, November 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++GoC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashnoyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
GoC#
C++
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJavaScriptnonono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infosince version 2.0noneFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with configurable replication factornoneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyesnono
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesnoyesno
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Apache ImpalaArangoDBBoltDBSpaceTimeSTSdb
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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