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Attribute Apache Avro Apache ORC
Name Apache Avro Apache ORC
Description Apache Avro is the leading serialization format for record data, and first choice for streaming data pipelines. ORC is a self-describing type-aware columnar file format designed for Hadoop workloads.
License Apache license 2.0 Apache license 2.0
Source code https://github.com/apache/avro https://github.com/apache/orc
Website https://avro.apache.org/ https://orc.apache.org/
Year created 2009 2013
Company Apache Hortonworks, Facebook
Language support java, c++, c#, c, python, javascript, perl, ruby, php, rust java, scala, c++, python
Use cases Stream processing, Analytics, Efficient data exchange Write once read many, Analytics, Efficient storage, ACID transactions
Is human readable
no
no
Orientation row row
Has type system
yes
yes
Has nested structure support
yes
yes
Has native compression
yes
yes
Has encoding support
yes
yes
Has constraint support
no
no
Has acid support
no
no
Has metadata
yes
yes
Has encryption support
no
yes
Data processing framework support Apache Flink, Apache Gobblin, Apache NiFi, Apache Pig, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Apache Gobblin, Apache Hadoop, Apache NiFi, Apache Pig, Apache Spark,
Analytics query support Apache Impala, Apache Druid, Apache Hive, Apache Pinot, AWS Athena, BigQuery, Clickhouse, Firebolt, Apache Impala, Apache Druid, Apache Hive, Apache Pinot, AWS Athena, BigQuery, Clickhouse, Firebolt, Presto, Trino,