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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. GreptimeDB vs. SingleStore

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  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.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyMySQL 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 type
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score3.58
Rank#92  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.05
Rank#368  Overall
#37  Time Series DBMS
Score5.91
Rank#61  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakercloud.google.com/­bigtablegreptime.comwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.greptime.comdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogleGreptime Inc.SingleStore Inc.
Initial release1983201520222013
Current release19.4.1, November 20218.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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SingleStoreDB Cloud: The world's fastest, modern cloud database for both operational (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads. Available instantly with multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud capabilities
Implementation languageRustC++, Go
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHPC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoPythonyes
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infohash partitioning
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 zonesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic single-row operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
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)Simple rights management via user accountsFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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FileMakerGoogle Cloud BigtableGreptimeDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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