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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. BaseX vs. BigchainDB vs. FileMaker

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BaseX vs. BigchainDB vs. FileMaker

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSNative XML DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgbasex.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.basex.orgbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaBaseX GmbHClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release2013200720161983
Current release4.1.0, June 202210.7, August 202319.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaPython
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesnoyes
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanomultiple readers, single writerno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsyessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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