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DBMS > DataFS vs. FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. ObjectBox

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­spotify/­heroicobjectbox.io
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperMobiland AGClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSpotifyObjectBox Limited
Initial release2018198320142017
Current release1.1.263, October 202219.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesschema-freeyes
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 formatnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
PHPC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-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 systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilesimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes
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