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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Quasardb vs. SQL.JS vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Quasardb vs. SQL.JS vs. TigerGraph

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDistributed, high-performance timeseries databasePort of SQLite to JavaScriptA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#246  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Score1.44
Rank#152  Overall
#14  Graph DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgquasar.aisql.js.orgwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldoc.quasar.ai/­mastersql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmldocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaquasardbAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release2013200920122017
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binaryyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIJavaScript APIGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
JavaScriptC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyes
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducewith Hadoop integrationnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDBno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTransient modeyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailnoRole-based access control

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