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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Kdb vs. Prometheus vs. TempoIQ vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Kdb vs. Prometheus vs. TempoIQ vs. Transbase

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHigh performance Time Series DBMSOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)A resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgkx.comprometheus.iotempoiq.com (offline)www.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlcode.kx.comprometheus.io/­docswww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcTempoIQTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201520121987
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.6, May 2018Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++qGoC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyyesyes
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 infoImport of XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (q)nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnoyes infoRealtime Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyes infoby FederationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonononoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosrights management via user accountsnosimple authentication-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache ImpalaKdbPrometheusTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDBTransbase
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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