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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Sphinx vs. SQL.JS vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Sphinx vs. SQL.JS vs. TigerGraph

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakersphinxsearch.comsql.js.orgwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationsphinxsearch.com/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmldocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSphinx Technologies Inc.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release1983200120122017
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolJavaScript APIGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesPHPC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
JavaScriptC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.no infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
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 servicesnonoRole-based access control

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