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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Axibase vs. EXASOL vs. FileMaker

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Axibase vs. EXASOL vs. FileMaker

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.exasol.comwww.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAxibase CorporationExasolClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release2014201320001983
Current release1558519.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageyesyes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Java
Lua
Python
R
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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