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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Blueflood vs. Rockset vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Blueflood vs. Rockset vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SurrealDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#346  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgblueflood.iorockset.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikidocs.rockset.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheresurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaRackspaceRocksetSAP infoformerly SybaseSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20132013201919922022
Current release4.1.0, June 202217, July 2015v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyespredefined schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyesyes
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedyes
Secondary indexesyesnoall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTHTTP RESTADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on CassandraAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on CassandrayesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rules

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