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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker 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.A horizontally scalable, globally consistent, relational database service. It is the externalization of the core Google database that runs the biggest aspects of Google, like Ads and Google Play.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.89
Rank#103  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasecloud.google.com/­spannerorigodb.compostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasecloud.google.com/­spanner/­docsorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GoogleRobert Friberg et al
Initial release1983201220172009 infounder the name LiveDB2005
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageC#C
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedhostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011noyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
JDBC infoAt present, JDBC supports read-only queries. No support for DDL or DML statements.
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'noyesuser defined functions
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.Source-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integritydepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACID infoStrict serializable isolationACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
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 (IAM)Role based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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