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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Brytlyt vs. Firebolt vs. GeoMesa vs. TiDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.TiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#276  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgbrytlyt.iowww.firebolt.iowww.geomesa.orgpingcap.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.brytlyt.iodocs.firebolt.iowww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaBrytlytFirebolt Analytics Inc.CCRi and othersPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20132016202020142016
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.0, August 20235.0.0, May 20248.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C, C++ and CUDAScalaGo, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLnonono
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerhorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layerdepending on storage layerUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache ImpalaBrytlytFireboltGeoMesaTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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