ICE vs Thrift vs Protocal Buffers

¹ The Java versions were used for the Comparison
² The BSON libraries are contained in the MongoDB client drivers. The drivers apply to the ASF 2.0 license
³ Allows the evolution of the interface
⁴ There are more output formats available by using extensions
⁵ Generation of code isn't neccessary, even not for RPC. Code generation can be used for the optimization of statical typified languages
⁶ Avoro uses a schema, which describes the data structure. In this schema fieldnames are specified to detect the differences
⁷ License: dual, GPL + commercial (free as long as you don't sell your app)
⁸ Language is only available at the clientside