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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. searchxml vs. Stardog vs. Valentina Server

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualizationObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.searchxml.net/­category/­productswww.stardog.comwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsdocs.stardog.comvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleMicrosoftinformationpartners gmbhStardog-UnionParadigma Software
Initial release19832010201520101999
Current release19.4.1, November 2021V121.07.3.0, May 20205.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/studentscommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++Java
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedWindowsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 formatyesyesno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatialyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesnoYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Serveryes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQLyes infoon the application serveruser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Javayes
Triggersyesyesnoyes infovia event handlersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes, with always 3 replicas availableyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDmultiple readers, single writerACID
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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