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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Ehcache vs. FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. searchxml

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.DBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgwww.ehcache.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014informationpartners gmbh
Initial release20142009198320122015
Current release3.10.0, March 202219.4.1, November 20211.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJCacheFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes infoon the application server
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event ListenersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoyesmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes, based on authentication and database rulesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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