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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Kingbase vs. Realm vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Kingbase vs. Realm vs. ScyllaDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#262  Overall
#123  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.kingbase.com.cnrealm.iowww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homerealm.io/­docsdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019ScyllaDB
Initial release20132013199920142015
Current release4.1.0, June 2022V8.0, August 2021ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC and JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesStandard with numerous extensionsnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2user defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes, Lua
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2yesnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realmyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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