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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GridGain vs. HarperDB vs. MarkLogic vs. Memgraph

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Operational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databaseAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score5.18
Rank#63  Overall
#11  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#7  Search engines
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.gridgain.comwww.harperdb.iowww.progress.com/­marklogicmemgraph.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.progress.com/­marklogic/­documentationmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGridGain Systems, Inc.HarperDBMarkLogic Corp.Memgraph Ltd
Initial release20132007201720012017
Current release4.1.0, June 2022GridGain 8.5.13.1, August 202111.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, C++, .NetNode.jsC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemaschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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.noyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes infoSQL92no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Java API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)Custom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infovia XQuery or JavaScript
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes (replicated cache)yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyesMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)noyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes, with Range Indexesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsUsers, roles and permissions
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