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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GreptimeDB vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GreptimeDB vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  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.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyIn-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegreptime.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.greptime.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Greptime Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release19832012202220142012
Current release19.4.1, November 20217.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageRustJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnono
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 formatnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'PythonView functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
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 rulesSimple rights management via user accountsnono
More information provided by the system vendor
FileMakerFirebase Realtime DatabaseGreptimeDBLokiJSPouchDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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