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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. H2GIS vs. Realm vs. Typesense

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Spatial extension of H2A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.79
Rank#210  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgwww.h2gis.orgrealm.iotypesense.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homerealm.io/­docstypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCCRi and othersCNRSRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20132014201320142015
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes infobased on H2no inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnonoyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layeryes infobased on H2noneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryesyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infobased on H2yes

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