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DBMS > FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. Machbase Neo vs. Newts vs. RRDtool

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. Machbase Neo vs. Newts vs. RRDtool

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.In-memory JavaScript DBMSTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataTime Series DBMS based on CassandraIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score42.78
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#268  Overall
#43  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#386  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.70
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmachbase.comopennms.github.io/­newtsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmachbase.com/­dbmsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikioss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleMachbaseOpenNMS GroupTobias Oetiker
Initial release19832014201320141999
Current release19.4.1, November 2021V8.0, August 20231.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSS
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCJavaC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesNumeric data only
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 formatnononono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIgRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
HTTP REST
Java API
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesPHPJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
JavaC infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptnonono
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infobased on Cassandranone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.noyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovolatile and lookup tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnosimple password-based access controlnono

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