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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. FileMaker vs. Kdb vs. Newts vs. Spark SQL

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  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.High performance Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.claris.com/­filemakerkx.comopennms.github.io/­newtsspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcode.kx.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikispark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperSoftmotionsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenNMS GroupApache Software Foundation
Initial release201219832000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142014
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.6, May 20183.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCqJavaScala
Server operating systemsserver-lessiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyesyesyes
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 formatyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
PHPC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaJava
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyesyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on Cassandrayes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonononono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesrights management via user accountsnono
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EJDBFileMakerKdbNewtsSpark SQL
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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