DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. MonetDB vs. SingleStore vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. MonetDB vs. SingleStore vs. Weaviate

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  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 ElasticSearchA relational database management system that stores data in columnsMySQL 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 DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.monetdb.orgwww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroicwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.singlestore.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSpotifyMonetDB BVSingleStore Inc.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release19832014200420132019
Current release19.4.1, November 2021Dec2023 (11.49), December 20238.5, January 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
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 languageJavaCC++, GoGo
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes 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 formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
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++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes, in SQL, C, Ryesno
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding via remote tablesSharding infohash partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDno
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
More information provided by the system vendor
FileMakerHeroicMonetDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLWeaviate
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
» more
Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
» more
Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
» more
Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
» more
Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
» more
As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
» more
Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
» more
All companies that have data. ​
» more
Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
» more
As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
» more
Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
FileMakerHeroicMonetDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLWeaviate
DB-Engines blog posts

Turbocharge Your Application Development Using WebAssembly With SingleStoreDB
17 October 2022,  Akmal Chaudhri, SingleStore (sponsor) 

Cloud-Based Analytics With SingleStoreDB
9 June 2022,  Akmal Chaudhri, SingleStore (sponsor) 

SingleStore: The Increasing Momentum of Multi-Model Database Systems
14 February 2022,  Akmal Chaudhri, SingleStore (sponsor) 

show all

Weaviate, an ANN Database with CRUD support
2 February 2021,  Etienne Dilocker, SeMI Technologies (sponsor) 

show all

Recent citations in the news

Tilda Swinton on 'Problemista' Fan Horror Stories About Her Character
1 March 2024, IndieWire

Reviews - Features
1 March 2024, Reverse Shot

Apple Filed for new Trademarks in the U.S. and Hong Kong this week for the Figurative Version of 'Reality Composer ...
15 October 2023, Patently Apple

Apple Subsidiary to Face Worker's Job Loss Claims, but Not Apple
14 February 2024, Bloomberg Law

Apple subsidiary FileMaker returns to its original name from the '80s
6 August 2019, The Verge

provided by Google News

Review: Google Bigtable scales with ease
7 September 2016, InfoWorld

provided by Google News

In 2024 the MonetDB Foundation was established for the preservation, maintenance and further development of the ...
31 January 2024, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)

MonetDB Secures Investment From (and Partners With) ServiceNow
9 December 2021, Datanami

PostgreSQL, MonetDB, and Too-Big-for-Memory Data in R - Part I - DataScienceCentral.com
6 April 2018, Data Science Central

How MonetDB Exploits Modern CPU Performance | by Dwi Prasetyo Adi Nugroho
14 January 2020, Towards Data Science

Monet DB The Column-Store Pioneer - open source for you
4 September 2019, Open Source For You

provided by Google News

Build enterprise-ready generative AI solutions with Cohere foundation models in Amazon Bedrock and Weaviate vector ...
24 January 2024, AWS Blog

Weaviate Partners with Snowflake to Bring Secure GenAI to Snowpark Container Services
8 February 2024, Datanami

Weaviate Partners with Snowflake to Bring Secure GenAI to Snowpark Container Services
9 February 2024, AiThority

Foley Represents Cortical Ventures in $50M Series B Round for Weaviate
17 December 2023, Foley & Lardner LLP

Getting Started with Weaviate: A Beginner's Guide to Search with Vector Databases
18 July 2023, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

SingleStore logo

The database to transact, analyze and contextualize your data in real time.
Try it today.

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Present your product here