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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Neo4j vs. RDF4J vs. SAP IQ vs. searchxml

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Scalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRDF storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedNative XML DBMS
Search engine
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score44.46
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerneo4j.comrdf4j.orgwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationneo4j.com/­docsrdf4j.org/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleNeo4j, Inc.Since 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.SAP, formerly Sybaseinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release19832007200419942015
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.19, April 202416.1 SPS04, April 20191.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ScalaJavaC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes infoRDF Schemasyesschema-free
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 formatnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsyesyesyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesyes infovia event handleryesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes using Neo4j Fabricnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Causal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlynoneSAP/Sybase Replication Serveryes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACIDmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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FileMakerNeo4jRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQsearchxml
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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