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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. SingleStore vs. SQL.JS

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typePort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.singlestore.comsql.js.org
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.singlestore.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperDatabricksClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSpotifySingleStore Inc.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release20131983201420132012
Current release19.4.1, November 20218.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, GoJavaScript
Server operating systemshostediOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-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.yesyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
PHPBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyesnoyesno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.no infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesno
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DatabricksFileMakerHeroicSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSQL.JS
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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