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System Properties Comparison FeatureBase vs. FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Valentina Server

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NameFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.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.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Object-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.featurebase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasefirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorevalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GoogleParadigma Software
Initial release20171983201220171999
Current release2022, May 202219.4.1, November 20215.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesno
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Implementation languageGo
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesyes infovia pluginsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
PHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyes
TriggersnoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes, with Cloud Functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoyesyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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