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DBMS > FileMaker vs. QuestDB vs. TerarkDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. QuestDB vs. TerarkDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score1.23
Rank#165  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerquestdb.iogithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationquestdb.io/­docsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleQuestDB Technology IncByteDance, originally TerarkVictoriaMetrics
Initial release1983201420162018
Current release19.4.1, November 2021v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++Go
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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 pluginsSQL with time-series extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
C++ API
Java API
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesPHPC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writesnono
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.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesno
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