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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. Newts vs. Riak TS

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. Newts vs. Riak TS

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.High performance Time Series DBMSFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsTime Series DBMS based on CassandraRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#308  Overall
#26  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerkx.comwww.kinetica.comopennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcode.kx.comdocs.kinetica.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcKineticaOpenNMS GroupOpen Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release19832000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201220142015
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.6, May 20187.1, August 20213.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqC, C++JavaErlang
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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 formatyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesnorestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes, limited
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Java API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaC infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnoErlang
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono infolinks between datasets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonononono
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.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnono
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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