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DBMS > FatDB vs. FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Graphite vs. HarperDB

System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Graphite vs. HarperDB

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.harperdb.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasegraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperFatCloudClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Chris DavisHarperDB
Initial release20121983201220062017
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC#PythonNode.js
Server operating systemsWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data onlyyes infoJSON data types
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 formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryes infovia pluginsnonoSQL-like data manipulation statements
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#PHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'noCustom Functions infosince release 3.1
Triggersyes infovia applicationsyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyesnoAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, using LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoAccess rights for users and roles

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