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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. LeanXcale vs. RavenDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Enterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.A highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilitiesOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document Database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score6.31
Rank#57  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.37
Rank#281  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#283  Overall
#41  Key-value stores
#128  Relational DBMS
Score3.01
Rank#101  Overall
#17  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.postgresql.fastware.comwww.leanxcale.comravendb.net
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.datastax.comwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualsravendb.net/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDataStaxPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyLeanXcaleHibernating Rhinos
Initial release2013201120152010
Current release4.1.0, June 20226.8, April 2020Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20225.4, July 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaCC#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyesyes infothrough Apache DerbySQL-like query language (RQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
Java
Scala
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenouser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"partitioning by range, list and by hashSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthorization levels configured per client per database
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Apache ImpalaDatastax EnterpriseFujitsu Enterprise PostgresLeanXcaleRavenDB
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Built-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Transactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Over 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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