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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Pinecone

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn embedded key-value store for Go.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeSearch engineVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeVector DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaselearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014MicrosoftPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release20132013201220152019
Current release4.1.0, June 2022V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesyes
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Implementation languageC++Go
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedhostedhosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesString, Number, Boolean
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGoJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenolimited functionality with using 'rules'no
TriggersnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesyesno
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesyes infousing Azure authentication

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