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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. ScyllaDB vs. TDengine

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.57
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.84
Rank#75  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score2.45
Rank#107  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.scylladb.comgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.scylladb.comdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaScyllaDBTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release201320152019
Current release4.1.0, June 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20243.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC++C++C
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)Standard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCFor CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes, Luano
Triggersnonoyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes
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Apache ImpalaScyllaDBTDengine
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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TDengine™ is a time-series database designed to help traditional industries overcome...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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High Performance at Any Scale: With its distributed scalable architecture that grows...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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TDengine is purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and particularly...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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TDengine has garnered over 23,000 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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TDengine OSS is free, open-source software released under the AGPLv3. TDengine Enterprise...
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