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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. EDB Postgres vs. FileMaker vs. Realm vs. STSdb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#131  Overall
#61  Relational DBMS
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#365  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.enterprisedb.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerrealm.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.enterprisedb.com/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEnterpriseDBClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019STS Soft SC
Initial release20122005198320142011
Current release1.20.3, January 202314, December 202119.4.1, November 20214.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes infostandard with numerous extensionsyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
PHP.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyesno

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