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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Dragonfly vs. TempoIQ

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonDragonfly  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.A drop-in Redis replacement that scales vertically to support millions of operations per second and terabyte sized workloads, all on a single instanceScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.49
Rank#261  Overall
#38  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegithub.com/­dragonflydb/­dragonfly
www.dragonflydb.io
tempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.datastax.comwww.dragonflydb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDataStaxDragonflyDB team and community contributorsTempoIQ
Initial release2013201120232012
Current release4.1.0, June 20226.8, April 20201.0, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freescheme-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesstrings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, bit arraysyes
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 indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocolHTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Clojure
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Tcl
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoLuano
Triggersnoyespublish/subscribe channels provide some trigger functionalityyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsAtomic execution of command blocks and scriptsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, strict serializability by the serveryes
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per objectPassword-based authenticationsimple authentication-based access control
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Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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