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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. EXASOL vs. Manticore Search vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. EXASOL vs. Manticore Search vs. Splunk

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.Analytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.exasol.commanticoresearch.comwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.exasol.com/­resourcesmanual.manticoresearch.comdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaExasolManticore SoftwareSplunk Inc.
Initial release2013200020172003
Current release4.1.0, June 20226.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesFixed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesInt, 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 XMLyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query languageno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
Lua
Python
R
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsuser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes infoHadoop integrationnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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.noyesno
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-standardnoAccess rights for users and roles

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