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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. Hypertable vs. LokiJS vs. OpenEdge

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and 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.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopIn-memory JavaScript DBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHypertable Inc.Progress Software Corporation
Initial release20121983200920141984
Current release1.0.7075, December 202319.4.1, November 20210.9.8.11, March 2016OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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 formatnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnonoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
PHPC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsyesnoView functions in JavaScriptyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
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 14selectable replication factor on file system levelnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
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 developmentyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnonoUsers and groups

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