DBMS > Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. OpenSearch

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. OpenSearch

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Name

Description

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

A distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Document store

Search engine

Secondary database models

Vector DBMS

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Score	47.91
Rank	#20	Overall
	#14	Relational DBMS

Score	0.49
Rank	#260	Overall
	#42	Document stores

Score	16.03
Rank	#37	Overall
	#4	Search engines

Website

www.datomic.com

www.claris.com/filemaker

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

github.com/opensearch-project
opensearch.org

Technical documentation

docs.datomic.com

www.claris.com/resources/documentation

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

opensearch.org/docs/latest

Developer

Cognitect

Claris

a subsidiary of Apple

Amazon Web Services

Initial release

2012

1983

2014

2021

Current release

1.0.7075, December 2023

19.4.1, November 2021

2.5.0, January 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

limited edition free

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java, Clojure

JavaScript

Java

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

iOS

client part only
Linux
OS X
Windows

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

All OS with a Java VM

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Flexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

A http query request can return the data in XML format

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

yes

All search fields are automatically indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

via plugins

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

RESTful HTTP API

Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC

JavaScript API

Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

Clojure
Java

PHP

JavaScript

Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

Elasticsearch client

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

yes

View functions in JavaScript

yes

Triggers

By using transaction functions

yes

by using the 'percolation' feature

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

Source-replica replication, warm standby

since Version 14

none

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

none

Eventual Consistency

Synchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

recommended only for testing and development

yes

User concepts

Access control

simple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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