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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Firebolt vs. NuoDB vs. TDengine vs. ToroDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsTime Series DBMS and big data platformA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.firebolt.iowww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
github.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.firebolt.iodoc.nuodb.comdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaFirebolt Analytics Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.TDEngine, previously Taos Data8Kdata
Initial release20132020201320192016
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++CJava
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyesStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoJava, SQLno
Triggersnonoyesyes, via alarm monitoringno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layeryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.noyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersyesAccess rights for users and roles
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Apache ImpalaFireboltNuoDBTDengineToroDB
Specific characteristicsTDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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