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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. OrigoDB vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. OrigoDB vs. XTDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerorigodb.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationorigodb.com/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRobert Friberg et alJuxt Ltd.
Initial release201419832009 infounder the name LiveDB2019
Current release19.4.1, November 20211.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#Clojure
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infovia pluginsnolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPHP.NetClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesRole based authorization

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