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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. IBM Cloudant vs. OpenEdge vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. IBM Cloudant vs. OpenEdge vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBApplication development environment with integrated database management systemScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
RDF store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.progress.com/­openedgeterminusdb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Progress Software CorporationDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2013201019842018
Current release4.1.0, June 2022OpenEdge 12.2, March 202011.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++ErlangProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIJDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptyesyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4Graph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers and groupsRole-based access control

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