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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. JanusGraph vs. LokiJS vs. ScyllaDB vs. Tibero

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTibero  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017In-memory JavaScript DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA secure RDBMS, designed for easy portability from Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeKey-value store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score1.59
Rank#148  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgjanusgraph.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.scylladb.comus.tmaxsoft.com/­products/­tibero
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.janusgraph.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.scylladb.comtechnet.tmaxsoft.com/­upload/­download/­online/­tibero/­pver-20150504-000002/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusScyllaDBTmaxSoft
Initial release20132017201420152003
Current release4.1.0, June 20220.6.3, February 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20246, April 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaScriptC++C and Assembler
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Tibero CLI
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCClojure
Java
Python
JavaScriptFor 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
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Java
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesView functions in JavaScriptyes, LuaPersistent Stored Procedure (PSM)
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)noneShardinghorizontal partitioning infoby range, hash, list or composite
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
noneEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoin-memory tablesno infoplanned for next version
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServernoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard (SQL 92, SQL 99)
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Apache ImpalaJanusGraph infosuccessor of TitanLokiJSScyllaDBTibero
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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