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DBMS > FileMaker vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. MonetDB vs. NCache vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. MonetDB vs. NCache vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Distributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesA relational database management system that stores data in columnsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#309  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.60
Rank#246  Overall
#39  Document stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storewww.monetdb.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodb
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storewww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodb
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleIBMMonetDB BVAlachisoftPercona
Initial release19832017200420052015
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.0Dec2023 (11.49), December 20235.3.3, April 20243.4.10-2.10, November 2017
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++CC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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 indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes, in SQL, C, Rno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJavaScript
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding via remote tablesyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Active-active shard replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesNo - written data is immutableyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
FileMakerIBM Db2 Event StoreMonetDBNCachePercona Server for MongoDB
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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