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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. FileMaker vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. VelocityDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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
Score78.40
Rank#15  Overall
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#347  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.claris.com/­filemakerazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasevelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleMicrosoftVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2016198320102011
Current release19.4.1, November 2021V127.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageGoC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 formatyesno
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
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
PHP.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesTransact SQLno
TriggersnoyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardBased on Windows Authentication

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