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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. FileMaker vs. Ignite vs. PostGIS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded key-value store for Go.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.claris.com/­filemakerignite.apache.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleApache Software Foundation
Initial release20142013198320152005
Current release19.4.1, November 2021Apache Ignite 2.63.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC++, Java, .NetC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyesyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infovia pluginsANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGoPHPC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)user defined functions
Triggersyesnoyesyes (cache interceptors and events)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes (replicated cache)yes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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