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System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. Dgraph vs. FileMaker vs. IBM Cloudant vs. LokiJS

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NameArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.02
Rank#366  Overall
#50  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#53  Key-value stores
#36  Time Series DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitearcadedb.comdgraph.iowww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.arcadedb.comdgraph.io/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudanttechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperArcade DataDgraph Labs, Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014
Initial release20212016198320102014
Current releaseSeptember 202119.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaGoErlangJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnono
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsnoyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
PHPC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a document possibleno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic locking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno

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