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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. RisingWave vs. Rockset

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.risingwave.com/­databaserockset.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSpotifyRisingWave LabsRockset
Initial release19832014201420222019
Current release19.4.1, November 20211.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptRustC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
macOS
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoStandard SQL-types and JSONdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia viewsyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript APIJDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesPHPJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoView functions in JavaScriptUDFs in Python or Javano
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
noneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoUsers and RolesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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