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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Kdb vs. Oracle vs. SWC-DB vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Kdb vs. Oracle vs. SWC-DB vs. TigerGraph

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOracle  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.High performance Time Series DBMSWidely used RDBMSA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith Oracle Spatial and Graph
RDF store infowith Oracle Spatial and Graph
Spatial DBMS infowith Oracle Spatial and Graph
Vector DBMS infosince Oracle 23
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score48.81
Rank#21  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1221.06
Rank#1  Overall
#1  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score1.92
Rank#143  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerkx.comwww.oracle.com/­databasegithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcode.kx.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­databasedocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOracleAlex Kashirin
Initial release19832000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003198020202017
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.6, May 201823c, September 20230.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqC and C++C++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyes infoSchemaless in JSON and XML columnsschema-freeyes
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 formatyesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (q)yes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Cobol
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Fortran
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Tcl
Visual Basic
C++C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsPL/SQL infoalso stored procedures in Java possiblenoyes
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno infocan be realized in PL/SQLnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infoisolation level can be parameterizedACID
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 infoVersion 12c introduced the new option 'Oracle Database In-Memory'nono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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FileMakerKdbOracleSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseTigerGraph
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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