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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. GigaSpaces vs. OpenQM vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. GigaSpaces vs. OpenQM vs. SiteWhere

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.gigaspaces.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGigaspaces TechnologiesRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSiteWhere
Initial release20141983200019932010
Current release19.4.1, November 202115.5, September 20203.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, C++, .NetJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionspredefined scheme
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 formatno infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infovia pluginsSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPHP.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesyes
Triggersyesyesyes, event driven architectureyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingyesSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yesselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDno
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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