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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. FatDB vs. FileMaker vs. TiDB

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.TiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument store
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerpingcap.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperMobiland AGFatCloudClaris infoa subsidiary of ApplePingCAP, Inc.
Initial release2018201219832016
Current release1.1.263, October 202219.4.1, November 20218.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC#Go, Rust
Server operating systemsWindowsWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 formatno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryes infovia pluginsyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#PHPAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsyesno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes infovia applicationsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Using Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profileno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DataFSFatDBFileMakerTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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