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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. IBM Cloudant vs. NebulaGraph vs. TDengine

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
github.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorecloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogleIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Vesoft Inc.TDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release20132017201020192019
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageC++ErlangC++C
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedhostedLinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like query languageStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIBrowser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyes, via alarm monitoring
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
Causal Clustering using Raft protocolyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceUsing Cloud Dataflowyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
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 KerberosAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Access rights for users can be defined per databaseRole-based access controlyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache ImpalaGoogle Cloud FirestoreIBM CloudantNebulaGraphTDengine
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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