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System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. EJDB vs. FileMaker

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.13
Rank#342  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Score0.30
Rank#294  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websitebigobject.iogithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iogithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.SoftmotionsClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release201520121983
Current release19.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
server-lessiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyes
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 format
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
in-process shared libraryFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanoyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yes infoRead/Write Lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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