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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GridGain vs. OrigoDB vs. Realm vs. YugabyteDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.gridgain.comorigodb.comrealm.iowww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlorigodb.com/­docsrealm.io/­docsdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGridGain Systems, Inc.Robert Friberg et alRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release201320072009 infounder the name LiveDB20142017
Current release4.1.0, June 2022GridGain 8.5.12.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, C++, .NetC#C and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesyesyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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.noyesno infocan be achieved using .NETnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnonoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infoDomain Eventsyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednoneHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes (replicated cache)Source-replica replicationnoneBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonodepending on modelnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsRole based authorizationyesyes
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Apache ImpalaGridGainOrigoDBRealmYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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