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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. MonetDB vs. OrientDB

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Name

Description

FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.

A relational database management system that stores data in columns

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Secondary database models

Document store
Spatial DBMS

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Score	51.58
Rank	#22	Overall
	#14	Relational DBMS

Score	1.80
Rank	#131	Overall
	#64	Relational DBMS

Score	4.86
Rank	#80	Overall
	#14	Document stores
	#5	Graph DBMS
	#12	Key-value stores

Website

www.claris.com/filemaker

www.monetdb.org

orientdb.org

Technical documentation

www.claris.com/resources/documentation

www.monetdb.org/Documentation

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

Developer

FileMaker

a subsidiary of Apple

MonetDB BV

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

Initial release

1983

2004

2010

Current release

19.4.1, November 2021

Jul2021-SP2, July 2021

3.1.9, February 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Mozilla Public License 2.0

Open Source

Apache version 2

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Server operating systems

iOS

client part only
Linux
OS X
Windows

FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

A http query request can return the data in XML format

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

via plugins

yes

SQL 2003 with some extensions

SQL-like query language, no joins

APIs and other access methods

Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC

JDBC
native C library

MAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

PHP

C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby

.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

yes, in SQL, C, R

Java, Javascript

Triggers

yes

Hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding via remote tables

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication, warm standby

since Version 14

none

Source-replica replication available in experimental status

Multi-source replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

could be achieved with distributed queries

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

User concepts

Access control

simple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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Specific characteristics

Column-store In-memory optimized GeoSpatial support JSON document support
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Competitive advantages

Scalable architecture - vertical data organization and in-memory optimization guarantee...
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Typical application scenarios

Analytical database, Data warehouse, OLAP Data mining Scientific database
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Key customers

Numascale , Spinque , SecurActive , CHS , NOZHUP
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Licensing and pricing models

Free and open-source software, Mozilla Public License 2.0 Commercial support available
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