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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Geode vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Immudb vs. Kinetica

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Geode vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Immudb vs. Kinetica

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUs
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggeode.apache.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
www.kinetica.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgeode.apache.org/­docscloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.immudb.iodocs.kinetica.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.IBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014CodenotaryKinetica
Initial release20132002201020202012
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.1, February 20171.2.3, April 20227.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfirecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++JavaErlangGoC, C++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredhostedBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (OQL)noSQL-like syntaxSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIgRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyesnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes, on a single nodeno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyes
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.noyesnonoyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users and roles on table level

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