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DBMS > FileMaker vs. GigaSpaces vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. GigaSpaces vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
RDF store
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.gigaspaces.comterminusdb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGigaspaces TechnologiesDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release1983200020182011
Current release19.4.1, November 202115.5, September 202011.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetProlog, RustC#
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 formatno infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.Net
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesno
Triggersyesyes, event driven architectureyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Journaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesRole-based access controlRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication

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