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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. LokiJS vs. Splunk vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. LokiJS vs. Splunk vs. TigerGraph

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSAnalytics Platform for Big DataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.splunk.comwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Splunk Inc.
Initial release20132012201420032017
Current release4.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIHTTP RESTGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducelimited functionality with using 'rules'View functions in JavaScriptyesyes
TriggersnoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
noneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access control

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