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DBMS > FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine vs. TigerGraph

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.In-memory JavaScript DBMSSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.sadasengine.comwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCCRi and othersSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release19832014201420062017
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.0.0, May 20248.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 formatnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesPHPJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoView functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layernonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14depending on storage layernonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layernoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardRole-based access control

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