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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. FatDB vs. FileMaker vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. FatDB vs. FileMaker vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. QuestDB

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisquestdb.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperEsgynFatCloudClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleInterSystemsQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20152012198320182014
Current release19.4.1, November 20212023.3, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaC#Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
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 formatyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesno infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryes infovia pluginsyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#PHP.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes infovia applicationsyesyesno
Triggersnoyes infovia applicationsyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDACID for single-table writes
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.noyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes
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EsgynDBFatDBFileMakerInterSystems IRISQuestDB
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Relational 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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