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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. FileMaker

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. FileMaker

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgwww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release2016201420121983
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.6735, June 202319.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJava, Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptClojure
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoTransaction Functionsyes
TriggersnoyesBy using transaction functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes inforecommended only for testing and development
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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