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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. FileMaker vs. GigaSpaces vs. IBM Db2

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSFileMaker 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 TransactionsCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/Linux
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDB
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.gigaspaces.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2
DeveloperAltibaseClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGigaspaces TechnologiesIBM
Initial release1999198320001983 infohost version
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202319.4.1, November 202115.5, September 202012.1, October 2016
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree version is available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, C++, .NetC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 metadata
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes infovia pluginsSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyesyesyes
Triggersyesyesyes, event driven architectureyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Version
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANY
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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