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System Properties Comparison FeatureBase vs. FileMaker vs. HarperDB vs. LevelDB vs. Microsoft Access

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NameFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  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.Ultra-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.Embeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value 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
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.35
Rank#111  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.featurebase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­google/­leveldbwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­access
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mddeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­access
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHarperDBGoogleMicrosoft
Initial release20171983201720111992
Current release2022, May 202219.4.1, November 20213.1, August 20211.23, February 20211902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoBSDcommercial infoBundled with Microsoft Office
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoNode.jsC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLs
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesnoyes
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 indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesyes infovia pluginsSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standard
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
PHP.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
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engine
Triggersnoyesnonoyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engine
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID infobut no files for transaction logging
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes, using LMDByes infowith automatic compression on writesyes infobut no files for transaction logging
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 servicesAccess rights for users and rolesnono infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003

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