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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Galaxybase vs. OrigoDB vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Galaxybase vs. OrigoDB vs. Snowflake

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#54  Document stores
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Score133.72
Rank#7  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggalaxybase.comorigodb.comwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlorigodb.com/­docsdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Robert Friberg et alSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release201320172009 infounder the name LiveDB2014
Current release4.1.0, June 2022Nov 20, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC++C and JavaC#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Browser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
Python
.NetJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined procedures and functionsyesuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infoDomain Eventsno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsdepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosRole-based access controlRole based authorizationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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