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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. Greenplum vs. InterSystems Caché vs. YugabyteDB

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.A multi-model DBMS and application serverHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document storeDocument store
Wide column store
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Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergreenplum.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.greenplum.orgdocs.intersystems.comdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of ApplePivotal Software Inc.InterSystemsYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20121983200519972017
Current release1.0.6735, June 202319.4.1, November 20217.0.0, September 20232018.1.4, May 20202.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesyesdepending on used data modeldepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 formatyes infosince Version 4.2yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsyesyesyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
PHPC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C#
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyesyesyesyes infosql, plpgsql, C
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneShardingnoneHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
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 14Source-replica replicationSource-replica replicationBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
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 developmentnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyes
More information provided by the system vendor
DatomicFileMakerGreenplumInterSystems CachéYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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