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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. JaguarDB vs. YugabyteDB

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  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.Performant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.jaguardb.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmldocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleDataJaguar, Inc.Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release2012198320152017
Current release1.0.7075, December 202319.4.1, November 20213.3 July 20232.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesyesdepending on used data model
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 formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
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
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyesnoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneShardingHash 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 14Multi-source replicationBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
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 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 developmentnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesrights management via user accountsyes
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DatomicFileMakerJaguarDBYugabyteDB
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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