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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Realm vs. STSdb vs. TypeDB vs. Yanza

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query languageTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.65
Rank#234  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgrealm.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4typedb.comyanza.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlrealm.io/­docstypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019STS Soft SCVaticleYanza
Initial release20132014201120162015
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.0.8, September 20152.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC++C#Java
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yesno
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 indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client APIgRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynonono
Triggersnoyes infoChange Listenersnonoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding infoby using Cassandranone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonenoneMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandranone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeperno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infosubstituted by the relationship featureno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesnoyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progressno
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache ImpalaRealmSTSdbTypeDB infoformerly named GraknYanza
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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