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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. EventStoreDB vs. FileMaker vs. LeanXcale

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. EventStoreDB vs. FileMaker vs. LeanXcale

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Event StoreRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.36
Rank#280  Overall
#40  Key-value stores
#129  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.eventstore.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.leanxcale.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldevelopers.eventstore.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffEvent Store LimitedClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleLeanXcale
Initial release2014201219832015
Current release21.2, February 202119.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infovia pluginsyes infothrough Apache Derby
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPHPC
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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