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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. H2GIS vs. TypeDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Spatial extension of H2TypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score10.22
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.93
Rank#90  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#386  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#227  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#9  Object oriented DBMS
#105  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.h2gis.orgtypedb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.h2gis.org/­docs/­hometypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogleCNRSVaticle
Initial release2013201520132016
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaAll JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes infobased on H2no
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infobased on H2Synchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic single-row operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes infobased on H2yes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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Apache ImpalaGoogle Cloud BigtableH2GISTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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