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DBMS > FatDB vs. FileMaker vs. GridGain vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. FileMaker vs. GridGain vs. LokiJS

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSColumnar
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#150  Overall
#1  Columnar
#26  Key-value stores
#2  Object oriented DBMS
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.gridgain.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperFatCloudClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGridGain Systems, Inc.
Initial release2012198320072014
Current release19.4.1, November 2021GridGain 8.5.1
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial, open sourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC#Java, C++, .Net, Python, REST, SQLJavaScript
Server operating systemsWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 formatyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryes infovia pluginsANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#PHPC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsyesyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)View functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes infovia applicationsyesyes (cache interceptors and events)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes (replicated cache)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesRole-based access control
Security Hooks for custom implementations
no

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