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System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. FileMaker vs. GridDB vs. MonetDB vs. NuoDB

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA relational database management system that stores data in columnsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnwww.claris.com/­filemakergriddb.netwww.monetdb.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.griddb.netwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperEsgynClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleToshiba CorporationMonetDB BVDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20151983201320042013
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.1, August 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaC++CC++
Server operating systemsLinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
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 formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infovia pluginsSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetPHPC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyesnoyes, in SQL, C, RJava, SQL
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding via remote tablesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID at container levelACIDACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoMVCC
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 infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
More information provided by the system vendor
EsgynDBFileMakerGridDBMonetDBNuoDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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