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DBMS > FileMaker vs. SingleStore vs. ToroDB vs. VoltDB vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. SingleStore vs. ToroDB vs. VoltDB vs. WakandaDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  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.MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQLDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memoryWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score1.44
Rank#158  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­torodb/­serverwww.voltdb.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.singlestore.comdocs.voltdb.comwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSingleStore Inc.8KdataVoltDB Inc.Wakanda SAS
Initial release19832013201620102012
Current release19.4.1, November 20218.5, January 202411.3, April 20222.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3Open Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro EditionsOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoJavaJava, C++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredAll OS with a Java 7 VMLinux
OS X infofor development
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_idyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99no
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHPBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesJavayes
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infohash partitioningShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored proceduresACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes infoData access is serialized by the serveryes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yesyes infoSnapshots and command loggingyes
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 servicesFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesAccess rights for users and rolesUsers and roles with access to stored proceduresyes
More information provided by the system vendor
FileMakerSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLToroDBVoltDBWakandaDB
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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