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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. Neo4j vs. PostGIS vs. Sadas Engine

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache KylinScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#266  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgkyligence.io/­kyligence-enterpriseneo4j.compostgis.netwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlneo4j.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaKyligence, Inc.Neo4j, Inc.SADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20132016200720052006
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.20, May 20243.4.2, February 20248.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava, ScalaCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyes infovia event handleryesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes using Neo4j Fabricyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
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.nononoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)yes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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