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DBMS > BigObject vs. Drizzle vs. EventStoreDB vs. FileMaker

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Drizzle vs. EventStoreDB vs. FileMaker

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Industrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSEvent StoreRelational DBMS
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Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websitebigobject.iowww.eventstore.comwww.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodevelopers.eventstore.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Drizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerEvent Store LimitedClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release2015200820121983
Current release7.2.4, September 201221.2, February 202119.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 format
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infowith proprietary extensionsyes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanoyes
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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