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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Realm

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  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.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisrealm.io
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleInterSystemsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release2012198320182014
Current release1.0.6735, June 202319.4.1, November 20212023.3, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, Clojure
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesdepending on used data modelyes
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 formatyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
PHP.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyesyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneShardingnone
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 replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 developmentyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyesyes
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