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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. FileMaker vs. Informix vs. ToroDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQLA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBDocument storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.48
Rank#158  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score18.85
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#347  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixgithub.com/­torodb/­servervelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.8KdataVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20161983198420162011
Current release19.4.1, November 202114.10.FC5, November 20207.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoC, C++ and JavaJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VMAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_idyes
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 pluginsyesno
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
PHP.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesno
TriggersnoyesyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsAccess rights for users and rolesBased on Windows Authentication

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