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DBMS > Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. Graphite

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. Graphite

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called Whisper
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-web
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.io
DeveloperCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCCRi and othersChris Davis
Initial release2012198320142006
Current release1.0.7075, December 202319.4.1, November 20215.0.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureScalaPython
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data only
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 formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
PHPJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyesnono
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonedepending on storage layernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14depending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layernone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infolocking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentdepending on storage layer
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageno

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