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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. GBase vs. RavenDB vs. Stardog vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GBase vs. RavenDB vs. Stardog vs. SWC-DB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn analytical database for business intelligence with large customers in China.Open Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualizationA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score15.06
Rank#39  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#193  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score3.47
Rank#95  Overall
#16  Document stores
Score2.03
Rank#136  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score0.06
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.gbase.cnravendb.netwww.stardog.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlravendb.net/­docsdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaHibernating RhinosStardog-UnionAlex Kashirin
Initial release2013201020102020
Current release4.1.0, June 2022GBase 8a5.4, July 20227.3.0, May 20200.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/studentsOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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 infoImport/export of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (RQL)Yes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL ServerSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesuser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Javano
Triggersnoyesyes infovia event handlersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual 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.Immediate Consistency in HA-ClusterImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseAccess rights for users and roles

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