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DBMS > FileMaker vs. SAP IQ vs. STSdb vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. SAP IQ vs. STSdb vs. ToroDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedKey-value storeDocument store
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4github.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSAP, formerly SybaseSTS Soft SC8Kdata
Initial release1983199420112016
Current release19.4.1, November 202116.1 SPS04, April 20194.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC#Java
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
WindowsAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexernoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14SAP/Sybase Replication ServernoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users and roles

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FileMakerSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQSTSdbToroDB
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