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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. FileMaker vs. GreptimeDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. PostGIS

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilitySpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergreptime.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irispostgis.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.greptime.comdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAltibaseClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGreptime Inc.InterSystems
Initial release19991983202220182005
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202319.4.1, November 20212023.3, June 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++RustC
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibledepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 formatnoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes infovia pluginsyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHPC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyesPythonyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesSimple rights management via user accountsyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
More information provided by the system vendor
AltibaseFileMakerGreptimeDBInterSystems IRISPostGIS
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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InterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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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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