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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. ArangoDB vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. NuoDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  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.DataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Wide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgarangodb.comwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.arangodb.comdocs.datastax.comdoc.nuodb.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaArangoDB Inc.DataStaxDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release2013201220112013
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.11.5, November 20236.8, April 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialcommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJavaScriptnoJava, SQL
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding infono "single point of failure"data is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesno
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)
Immediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCC
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.noyesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
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Apache ImpalaArangoDBDatastax EnterpriseNuoDB
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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DataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Supporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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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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Applications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Capital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Among the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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