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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. EXASOL vs. Hazelcast vs. Realm vs. Rockset

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.A widely adopted in-memory data gridA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.exasol.comhazelcast.comrealm.iorockset.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.exasol.com/­resourceshazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsrealm.io/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaExasolHazelcastRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Rockset
Initial release20132000200820142019
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.3.6, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesdynamic typing
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.nonoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query languagenoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
Lua
Python
R
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnoyesyes infoEventsyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoReplicated Mapnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes infoHadoop integrationyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlyesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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