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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Lovefield vs. OrientDB vs. Qdrant

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Lovefield vs. OrientDB vs. Qdrant

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matching
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldorientdb.orggithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homegithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlqdrant.tech/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSGoogleOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPQdrant
Initial release20132013201420102021
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.1.12, February 20173.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaScriptJavaRust
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Boolean
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2noJava, Javascript
TriggersnoyesUsing read-only observersHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2noneMulti-source replicationCollection-level replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2noAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableKey-based authentication

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