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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. GBase vs. KairosDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. GBase vs. KairosDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.gbase.cngithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationkairosdb.github.io
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.
Initial release2014198320042013
Current release19.4.1, November 2021GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c1.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC, Java, PythonJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 formatyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infovia pluginsStandard with numerous extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPHPC#Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyessimple password-based access control

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