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DBMS > FileMaker vs. InfluxDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Splunk vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. InfluxDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Splunk vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileAnalytics Platform for Big DataCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSSearch engineVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageTime Series DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#14  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewobjectbox.iowww.splunk.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.objectbox.iodocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleObjectBox LimitedSplunk Inc.
Initial release19832013201720032023
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.7.6, April 20241.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoC and C++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and StringsyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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 formatnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query languagenono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Proprietary native APIHTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyesno
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage enginenonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicessimple rights management via user accountsyesAccess rights for users and rolesRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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FileMakerInfluxDBObjectBoxSplunkTranswarp Hippo
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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