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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. jBASE vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. jBASE vs. ObjectBox

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseobjectbox.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.objectbox.io
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)ObjectBox Limited
Initial release2014198319912017
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infovia pluginsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPHP.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes
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