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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. ScyllaDB vs. Splunk vs. Trafodion

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeAnalytics Platform for Big DataTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.scylladb.comwww.splunk.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.scylladb.comdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunktrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleScyllaDBSplunk Inc.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release1983201520032014
Current release19.4.1, November 2021ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20242.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 formatnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)no infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHPFor CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, LuayesJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14selectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleMulti-source replicationyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACID
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 infoin-memory tablesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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FileMakerScyllaDBSplunkTrafodion
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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