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DBMS > BoltDB vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.In-memory JavaScript DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSobjectbox.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleObjectBox LimitedRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release20131983201420171993
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes
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 formatnonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnonono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGoPHPJavaScriptC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesView functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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