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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. GreptimeDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. Tkrzw

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. GreptimeDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. Tkrzw

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakergreptime.comwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmldbmx.net/­tkrzw
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.greptime.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGreptime Inc.Sybase, SAPMikio Hirabayashi
Initial release20141983202219932020
Current release19.4.1, November 20210.9.3, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptRustC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
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 formatnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infovia pluginsyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPHPC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Delphi
Perl
PHP
C++
Java
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesPythonyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
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 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.yesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredyes infousing specific database classes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesSimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLFileMakerGreptimeDBSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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