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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Newts vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Newts vs. SingleStore

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  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 ElasticSearchSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentTime Series DBMS based on CassandraMySQL 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 DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­spotify/­heroicazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchopennms.github.io/­newtswww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroiclearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSpotifyMicrosoftOpenNMS GroupSingleStore Inc.
Initial release19832014201520142013
Current release19.4.1, November 2021V18.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnononoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Java API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHPC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononoyes
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes 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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infousing Azure authenticationnoFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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FileMakerHeroicMicrosoft Azure AI SearchNewtsSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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