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DBMS > EJDB vs. FileMaker vs. InfluxDB

System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. FileMaker vs. InfluxDB

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.DBMS for storing time series, events and metrics
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.11
Rank#339  Overall
#47  Document stores
Score36.48
Rank#21  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score21.54
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overview
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdb
DeveloperSoftmotionsClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release201219832013
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageCGo
Server operating systemsserver-lessiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesNumeric data and Strings
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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
PHP.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes
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 infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicessimple rights management via user accounts
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EJDBFileMakerInfluxDB
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