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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. GridDB vs. Lovefield vs. Memgraph vs. Stardog

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#290  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Score3.00
Rank#102  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score2.05
Rank#129  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergriddb.netgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmemgraph.comwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.griddb.netgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.stardog.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleToshiba CorporationGoogleMemgraph LtdStardog-Union
Initial release19832013201420172010
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.1, August 20222.1.12, February 20177.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree license availablecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC and C++Java
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyesyes
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 infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
TriggersyesyesUsing read-only observersyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID at container levelACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDByesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights for users and roles
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FileMakerGridDBLovefieldMemgraphStardog
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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