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DBMS > BoltDB vs. dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. GBase

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. GBase

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.dBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.dbase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.gbase.cn
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAsthon TateClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.
Initial release2013197919832004
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201919.4.1, November 2021GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC, Java, Python
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 formatyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infovia pluginsStandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGodBase proprietary IDEPHPC#
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes

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