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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. MaxDB vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TiDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. MaxDB vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TiDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.comorigodb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlpingcap.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationorigodb.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Robert Friberg et alSAP, formerly SybasePingCAP, Inc.
Initial release201319842009 infounder the name LiveDB19942016
Current release4.1.0, June 20227.9.10.12, February 202416.1 SPS04, April 20198.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C#Go, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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.nonono infocan be achieved using .NETnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.NetC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyesyesno
Triggersnoyesyes infoDomain Eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexerhorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSAP/Sybase Replication ServerUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonoHadoop integrationyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesdepending on modelyesyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache ImpalaMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DOrigoDBSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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