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DBMS > Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. Transbase

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  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 resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.48
Rank#143  Overall
#65  Relational DBMS
Score42.86
Rank#21  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#350  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release201219831987
Current release1.0.7180, July 202419.4.1, November 2021Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
PHPC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyesyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
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 replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyes
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
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 developmentno
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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