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DBMS > FileMaker vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Quasardb vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Quasardb vs. RDFox

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantquasar.aiwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014quasardbOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release1983201020092017
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.14.1, January 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageErlangC++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infointeger and binaryyes
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 formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesPHPC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with selectable replication factorreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyeswith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailRoles, resources, and access types

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