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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityFileMaker 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.
Primary database modelRDF storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-database
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­database
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014
Initial release2000201219832012
Current release4.9.0, July 20231.0.7075, December 202319.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaJava, Clojure
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyesschema-free
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infovia pluginsno
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
RESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaClojure
Java
PHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoTransaction Functionsyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'
Triggersyes infovia event handlerBy using transaction functionsyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDnoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and development
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securitynosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes, based on authentication and database rules

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