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

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  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 DBMSDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
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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
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of Appleinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release2012198320142015
Current release1.0.7075, December 202319.4.1, November 20211.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
PHPJavaScriptC++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsyesView functions in JavaScriptyes infoon the application server
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenonenone
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 infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblemultiple readers, single writer
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 servicesnoDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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