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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. EXASOL vs. InfluxDB vs. Manticore Search vs. RDF4J

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.RDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineRDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score15.06
Rank#39  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.47
Rank#119  Overall
#57  Relational DBMS
Score26.89
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.72
Rank#234  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.exasol.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewmanticoresearch.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbmanual.manticoresearch.comrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaExasolManticore SoftwareSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release20132000201320172004
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.7.5, January 20246.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoC++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeFixed schemayes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data and StringsInt, 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 XML
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
Lua
Python
R
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlySharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlySynchronous replication based on Galera librarynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes infoHadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
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 infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsnono
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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