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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. InfinityDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. RavenDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Open Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document Database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#359  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Score0.55
Rank#253  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score3.01
Rank#101  Overall
#17  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerboilerbay.comwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbravendb.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbravendb.net/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleBoiler Bay Inc.PerconaHibernating Rhinos
Initial release20141983200220152010
Current release19.4.1, November 20214.03.4.10-2.10, November 20175.4, July 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 2Open Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++C#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesno
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 formatnono
Secondary indexesnoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infovia pluginsnonoSQL-like query language (RQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
proprietary protocol using JSON.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPHPJavaActionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoJavaScriptyes
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Default ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsnoACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
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.yesnoyes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoAccess rights for users and rolesAuthorization levels configured per client per database

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