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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. QuestDB vs. TerarkDB vs. TimesTen vs. Trino

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to OracleFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score5.00
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgquestdb.iogithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.htmltrino.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlquestdb.io/­docsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1trino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHub
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaQuestDB Technology IncByteDance, originally TerarkOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005Trino Software Foundation
Initial release20132014201619982012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL
Current release4.1.0, June 202211 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
macOS infofor devlopment
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesdepending on connected data-source
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL with time-series extensionsnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
C++ API
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoPL/SQLyes, depending on connected data-source
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)nonenonedepending on connected data-source
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
depending on connected data-source
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationdepending on connected data-source
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writesnoACIDdepending on connected data-source
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpointsdepending on connected data-source
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSQL standard access control
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Apache ImpalaQuestDBTerarkDBTimesTenTrino
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Trino is the fastest open source, massively parallel processing SQL query engine...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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High performance analtyics and data processing of very large data sets Powerful ANSI...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Performant analytics query engine for data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Trino is widely adopted across the globe as freely-available open source software....
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Market metrics33000+ commits in GitHub 8200+ stargazers in GitHub 1200+ pull requests merged in...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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Trino is an open source project and usage is therefore free. Commercial offerings...
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