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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. BaseX vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BaseX vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelRelational DBMSNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgbasex.orgwww.h2database.comwww.harperdb.ioobjectbox.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.basex.orgwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaBaseX GmbHThomas MuellerHarperDBObjectBox Limited
Initial release20132007200520172017
Current release4.1.0, June 202210.7, August 20232.2.220, July 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaNode.jsC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanomultiple readers, single writerACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesyes
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