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DBMS > FileMaker vs. OpenSearch vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Solr vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. OpenSearch vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Solr vs. SpaceTime

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSSearch engineSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score16.36
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
www.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlsolr.apache.orgwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationopensearch.org/­docs/­latesthelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheresolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleAmazon Web ServicesSAP infoformerly SybaseApache Software FoundationMireo
Initial release19832021199220062020
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.5.0, January 202317, July 20159.6.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query languageyesSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHPGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or PerlJava pluginsno
Triggersyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringyesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDoptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesyes
More information provided by the system vendor
FileMakerOpenSearchSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereSolrSpaceTime
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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