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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Memgraph vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Memgraph vs. TimesTen

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irismemgraph.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleInterSystemsMemgraph LtdOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20141983201820171998
Current release19.4.1, November 20212023.3, June 202311 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 formatyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infovia pluginsyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPHP.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesPL/SQL
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationMulti-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyesUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLFileMakerInterSystems IRISMemgraphTimesTen
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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