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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Faircom EDGE vs. Fauna vs. Hazelcast

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGE  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparison
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.FairCom EDGE is an Industry 4.0 solution built to integrate, collect, aggregate and synchronize mission-critical data in edge computing environmentsFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.A widely adopted in-memory data grid
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Document store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.09
Rank#362  Overall
#53  Key-value stores
#155  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-edgefauna.comhazelcast.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.datastax.comdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-23d4f1fd-d213-f6d5-b92e-9b7475baa14e.htmldocs.fauna.comhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDataStaxFairCom CorporationFauna, Inc.Hazelcast
Initial release20132011197920142008
Current release4.1.0, June 20226.8, April 2020V3, October 20205.3.6, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++JavaANSI C, C++ScalaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Android
Linux infoARM, x86
Raspbian
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesnoyes
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.nonoyesnoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategy
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyes infoANSI SQL queriesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
IoT Microservice layer
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
VB.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++user defined functionsyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Services
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes infoEvents
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"File partitioning infoCustomizable business rules for partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyes infoSynchronous and asynchronous realtime replication based on transaction logsMulti-source replicationyes infoReplicated Map
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus Algorithm
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infowhen using SQLyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commited
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoacross SQL and NoSQLyesyes
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.noyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per objectFine grained user, group and file access rights managed across SQL (per ANSI standard) and NoSQL.Identity management, authentication, and access controlRole-based access control
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Apache ImpalaDatastax EnterpriseFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGEFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBHazelcast
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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