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DBMS > FileMaker vs. NCache vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. NCache vs. Pinecone

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.02
Rank#87  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleAlachisoftPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release198320052019
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounterString, Number, Boolean
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 formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersyesyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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FileMakerNCachePinecone
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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