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DBMS > Datomic vs. dBASE vs. EJDB vs. FileMaker

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. dBASE vs. EJDB vs. FileMaker

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilitydBase 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.Embeddable 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 DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.dbase.comgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperCognitectAsthon TateSoftmotionsClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release2012197920121983
Current release1.0.6735, June 2023dBASE 2019, 201919.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
server-lessiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes 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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APInone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.in-process shared libraryFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
dBase proprietary IDEActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenoneSource-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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
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 controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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