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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. LokiJS vs. Splunk vs. TigerGraph vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. LokiJS vs. Splunk vs. TigerGraph vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAnalytics Platform for Big DataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engineGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.splunk.comwww.tigergraph.comvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkdocs.tigergraph.comdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSplunk Inc.VictoriaMetrics
Initial release20132014200320172018
Current release4.1.0, June 2022v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC++Go
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsSQL-like query language (GSQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIHTTP RESTGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceView functions in JavaScriptyesyesno
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replicationSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
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 KerberosnoAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access control

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