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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. ArangoDB vs. CouchDB vs. MySQL vs. NCache

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonMySQL  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.A native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.Widely used open source RDBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document storeRelational DBMS infoKey/Value like access via memcached APIKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extensionDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.77
Rank#87  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score10.26
Rank#45  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score1087.72
Rank#2  Overall
#2  Relational DBMS
Score0.98
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgarangodb.comcouchdb.apache.orgwww.mysql.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.arangodb.comdocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stabledev.mysql.com/­docwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaArangoDB Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerOracle infosince 2010, originally MySQL AB, then SunAlachisoft
Initial release20132012200519952005
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.11.5, November 20233.3.3, December 20238.3.0, January 20245.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2. Commercial licenses with extended functionallity are availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++ErlangC and C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashnoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptyes infoproprietary syntaxno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnonoyesyesyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0horizontal partitioning, sharding with MySQL Cluster or MySQL Fabricyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsnoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engineno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single document possibleACID infonot for MyISAM storage engineoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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Apache ImpalaArangoDBCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"MySQLNCache
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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