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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. gStore vs. jBASE vs. Prometheus vs. QuestDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series 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
Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgen.gstore.cnwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseprometheus.ioquestdb.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9prometheus.io/­docsquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20132016199120152014
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.2, November 20235.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSDcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++GoJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalNumeric data onlyyes
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 infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyesnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesyes infoby FederationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDnoACID for single-table writes
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.nonoyesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno
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Apache ImpalagStorejBASEPrometheusQuestDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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