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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Elasticsearch vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Elasticsearch vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SingleStore

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksA distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Search engineSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
Vector DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score135.35
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAtos Convergence CreatorsElasticMicrosoftSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20132016201020152013
Current release4.1.0, June 202217038.6, January 2023V18.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoElastic Licensecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languagenoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
LDAPJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP APICluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCAll languages with LDAP bindings.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesnoyes
Triggersnoyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featurenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infocell divisionShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesyesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceES-Hadoop Connectornono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesMemcached and Redis integrationnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosLDAP bind authenticationyes infousing Azure authenticationFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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