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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Prometheus vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Prometheus vs. RDFox

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  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.Open-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
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
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoreprometheus.iowww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoreprometheus.io/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogleOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2013201720152017
Current release4.1.0, June 20226.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++GoC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyyes
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 infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsno
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationyes infoby Federationreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.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.noRoles, resources, and access types

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