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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. EJDB vs. HBase vs. Manticore Search vs. PlanetScale

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. EJDB vs. HBase vs. Manticore Search vs. PlanetScale

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonPlanetScale  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Scalable, distributed, serverless MySQL database platform built on top of Vitess
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeWide column storeSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score1.59
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbhbase.apache.orgmanticoresearch.complanetscale.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlmanual.manticoresearch.complanetscale.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSoftmotionsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetManticore SoftwarePlanetScale
Initial release20132012200820172020
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.3.4, January 20216.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC++CJavaC++Go
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleFixed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idoptions to bring your own types, AVROInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.nonoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like query languageyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
in-process shared libraryJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
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-reducenoyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functionsyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Synchronous replication based on Galera libraryMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenonoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)yes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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