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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. gStore vs. Milvus vs. SiteWhere

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#359  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#18  RDF stores
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakeren.gstore.cnmilvus.iogithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSiteWhere
Initial release1983201620192010
Current release19.4.1, November 20211.2, November 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, GoJava
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportpredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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 formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesPHPC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14selectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedRole based access control and fine grained access rightsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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FileMakergStoreMilvusSiteWhere
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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