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