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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. FoundationDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Object oriented DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbobjectbox.iowww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.objectbox.iodocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaFoundationDBObjectBox LimitedOracle
Initial release2013201320172007
Current release4.1.0, June 20226.2.28, November 202014.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C and C++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementssupported in specific SQL layer onlynono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIJCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducein SQL-layer onlynono
Triggersnononoyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlyyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infooptionally
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnoyesauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
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