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DBMS > EJDB vs. FileMaker vs. Geode vs. GigaSpaces

System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. FileMaker vs. Geode vs. GigaSpaces

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented Transactions
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.claris.com/­filemakergeode.apache.orgwww.gigaspaces.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.html
DeveloperSoftmotionsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Gigaspaces Technologies
Initial release2012198320022000
Current release19.4.1, November 20211.1, February 201715.5, September 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJava, C++, .Net
Server operating systemsserver-lessiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyesyes
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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadata
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-99 for query and DML statements
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
PHP.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, event driven architecture
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replicationMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executors
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANY
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights per client and object definableRole-based access control

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