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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. FileMaker vs. Raima Database Manager vs. searchxml vs. Snowflake

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
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Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitearangodb.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerraima.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productswww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.raima.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleRaima Inc.informationpartners gmbhSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20121983198420152014
Current release3.11.5, November 202319.4.1, November 202115, June 20211.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC++CC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Windowshosted
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesyesschema-freeyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyesyes
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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
PHP.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyesyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationyes infoon the application serveruser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesnono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0nonehorizontal partitioningnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDmultiple readers, single writerACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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ArangoDBFileMakerRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistasearchxmlSnowflake
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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