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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. EXASOL vs. FileMaker

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.datomic.comwww.exasol.comwww.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.datomic.comwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperBaseX GmbHCockroach LabsCognitectExasolClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release20072015201220001983
Current release10.7, August 202323.1.1, May 20231.0.6735, June 202319.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJava, Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyesyes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBCRESTful HTTP API.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Clojure
Java
Java
Lua
Python
R
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoBy using transaction functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsRole-based access controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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