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DBMS > Dolt vs. FileMaker vs. QuestDB vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Dolt vs. FileMaker vs. QuestDB vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameDolt  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score1.02
Rank#191  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
www.claris.com/­filemakerquestdb.ioterminusdb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.dolthub.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationquestdb.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperDoltHub IncClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleQuestDB Technology IncDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20181983201420182011
Current release19.4.1, November 202111.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustProlog, RustC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infovia pluginsSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
HTTP REST
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.Net
Supported programming languagesAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
PHPC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infocurrently in alpha releaseyesnoyesno
TriggersyesyesnoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Graph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.Source-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replication with eventual consistencyJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID for single-table writesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication
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DoltFileMakerQuestDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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