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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Axibase vs. RethinkDB vs. Rockset vs. STSdb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationDBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score2.74
Rank#105  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financerethinkdb.comrockset.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlrethinkdb.com/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAxibase CorporationThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017RocksetSTS Soft SC
Initial release20132013200920192011
Current release4.1.0, June 2022155852.4.1, August 20204.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++C++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometrydynamic typingyes 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.nononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languagenoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesnono
TriggersnoyesClient-side triggers through changefeedsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding inforange basedAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoAtomic single-document operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCC basedyesyes
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infousers and table-level permissionsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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