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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Axibase vs. GeoSpock vs. Manticore Search vs. OrientDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#288  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#317  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score3.27
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#15  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financegeospock.commanticoresearch.comorientdb.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlmanual.manticoresearch.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAxibase CorporationGeoSpockManticore SoftwareOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release2013201320172010
Current release4.1.0, June 2022155852.0, September 20196.0, February 20233.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava, JavascriptC++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxhostedFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesyesyesFixed schemaschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.nononoCan index from XMLno
Secondary indexesyesnotemporal, categoricalyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-like query languageSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesnouser defined functionsJava, Javascript
TriggersnoyesnonoHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingAutomatic shardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per tablenoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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