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DBMS > FileMaker vs. KairosDB vs. Lovefield vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. KairosDB vs. Lovefield vs. Splunk

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#290  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Score88.71
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationkairosdb.github.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogleSplunk Inc.
Initial release1983201320142003
Current release19.4.1, November 20211.2.2, November 20182.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 formatnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes
TriggersyesnoUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14selectable replication factor infobased on CassandranoneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
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 searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicessimple password-based access controlnoAccess rights for users and roles

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