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

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series 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
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSprometheus.io
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release2012198320142015
Current release1.0.7075, December 202319.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoNumeric data only
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 infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
PHPJavaScript.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsyesView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenoneSharding
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 14noneyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
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)yesyes 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 servicesnono

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