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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. ArangoDB vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. Warp 10

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Name

JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.

Description

Analytic DBMS for Hadoop

Native multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.

JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitives

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

TimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine

Document store
Object oriented DBMS

Document store

Time Series DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store

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Trend Chart

Score	10.63
Rank	#40	Overall
	#24	Relational DBMS

Score	3.30
Rank	#82	Overall
	#14	Document stores
	#5	Graph DBMS
	#10	Key-value stores
	#10	Search engines

Score	0.44
Rank	#256	Overall
	#40	Document stores

Score	0.06
Rank	#351	Overall
	#35	Time Series DBMS

Website

impala.apache.org

arangodb.com

jsqldb.org (offline)

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

www.warp10.io

Technical documentation

impala.apache.org/impala-docs.html

docs.arangodb.com

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

www.warp10.io/content/02_Getting_started

Social network pages

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

Apache top-level project, originally developed by Cloudera

ArangoDB Inc.

Konrad von Backstrom

SenX

Initial release

2013

2012

2018

2014

2015

Current release

4.1.0, June 2022

3.11.5, November 2023

0.8, December 2018

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2

Open Source

Apache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) available

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C++

JavaScript

Java

Server operating systems

Linux

Linux
OS X
Windows

Linux
macOS
Windows

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

automatically recognizes schema within a collection

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, double, boolean, list, hash

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC

AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream

JavaScript API

HTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket

Supported programming languages

All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC

C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust

JavaScript

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

user defined functions and integration of map-reduce

JavaScript

functions in JavaScript

View functions in JavaScript

yes

WarpScript

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

since version 2.0

none

Sharding

based on HBase

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Source-replica replication with configurable replication factor

none

selectable replication factor

based on HBase

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

query execution via MapReduce

can be done with stored procedures in JavaScript

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency

configurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)

none

Immediate Consistency

based on HBase

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using RocksDB

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users, groups and roles

based on Apache Sentry and Kerberos

yes

Mandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations

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Specific characteristics

Graph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantages

Consolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenarios

Native multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customers

Cisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metrics

ArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing models

Very permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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