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System Properties Comparison Amazon Redshift vs. FileMaker vs. Rockset vs. Snowflake

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NameAmazon Redshift  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLarge scale data warehouse service for use with business intelligence toolsFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score17.94
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­redshiftwww.claris.com/­filemakerrockset.comwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­redshiftwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.rockset.comdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperAmazon (based on PostgreSQL)Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleRocksetSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release2012198320192014
Current release19.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC++
Server operating systemshostediOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedhosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedyes
Secondary indexesrestrictedyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infodoes not fully support an SQL-standardyes infovia pluginsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTCLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCPHPGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infoin Pythonyesnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyesnono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneAutomatic shardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoinformational only, not enforced by the systemyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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