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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Fauna vs. InfluxDB vs. Memgraph vs. Realm

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopFauna 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.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgfauna.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewmemgraph.comrealm.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.fauna.comdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbmemgraph.com/­docsrealm.io/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaFauna, Inc.Memgraph LtdRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20132014201320172014
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaGoC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
LinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoNumeric data and Stringsyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
JSON over UDP
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnononoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingSharding infoin enterprise version onlySharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoDepending on used storage engineyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosIdentity management, authentication, and access controlsimple rights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissionsyes
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Apache ImpalaFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBInfluxDBMemgraphRealm
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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