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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. SingleStore vs. Weaviate

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A horizontally scalable, globally consistent, relational database service. It is the externalization of the core Google database that runs the biggest aspects of Google, like Ads and Google Play.MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score2.89
Rank#103  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakercloud.google.com/­bigtablecloud.google.com/­spannerwww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docscloud.google.com/­spanner/­docsdocs.singlestore.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogleGoogleSingleStore Inc.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release19832015201720132019
Current release19.4.1, November 20218.5, January 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageC++, GoGo
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedhostedLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references
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 indexesyesnoyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011yes infobut no triggers and foreign keysGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
JDBC infoAt present, JDBC supports read-only queries. No support for DDL or DML statements.
RESTful HTTP API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesPHPC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyesno
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infohash partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Internal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesMulti-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.Source-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic single-row operationsACID infoStrict serializable isolationACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Fine grained access control via users, groups and rolesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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FileMakerGoogle Cloud BigtableGoogle Cloud SpannerSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLWeaviate
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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