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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. Realm vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. Realm vs. STSdb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.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 DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
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Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#365  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.geomesa.orgrealm.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCCRi and othersRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019STS Soft SC
Initial release20121983201420142011
Current release1.20.3, January 202319.4.1, November 20215.0.1, July 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
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 infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes infovia pluginsnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC++PHP.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedepending on storage layernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14depending on storage layernonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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 sourcedepending on storage layeryes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcesimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyesno

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