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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. InterSystems Caché vs. YottaDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A multi-model DBMS and application serverA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacheyottadb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.intersystems.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014InterSystemsYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2013201219972001
Current release4.1.0, June 20222018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freedepending on used data modelschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
C++
Java
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducelimited functionality with using 'rules'yes
TriggersnoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
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 Kerberosyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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