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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Kdb vs. Milvus vs. Realm vs. SiriDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.High performance Time Series DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Vector DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerkx.commilvus.iorealm.iosiridb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcode.kx.commilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdrealm.io/­docsdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Cesbit
Initial release19832000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201920142017
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.6, May 20182.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqC++, GoC
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes infoNumeric data
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'noyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (q)nonono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesrights management via user accountsRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyessimple rights management via user accounts
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FileMakerKdbMilvusRealmSiriDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Milvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Highly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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RAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Milvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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As of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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Milvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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