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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. LokiJS vs. OceanBase

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. LokiJS vs. OceanBase

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOceanBase  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.Cloud-based data warehousing serviceIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA distributed, high available RDBMS compatible with Oracle and MySQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column 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
Score1.30
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.66
Rank#147  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSen.oceanbase.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJSen.oceanbase.com/­docs/­oceanbase-database
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014IBMOceanBase infopreviously Alibaba and Ant Group
Initial release19832012201420142010
Current release19.4.1, November 20214.3.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoCommercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 formatnono infoImport/export of XML data possiblenoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary native API
Table API
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScriptAda infoin MySQL-compatible model
C infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
C++ infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
D infoin MySQL-compatible model
Delphi infoin MySQL-compatible model
Eiffel infoin MySQL-compatible model
Erlang infoin MySQL-compatible model
Haskell infoin MySQL-compatible model
Java infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
JavaScript (Node.js) infoin MySQL-compatible model
Objective-C infoin MySQL-compatible model
OCaml infoin MySQL-compatible model
Perl infoin MySQL-compatible model
PHP infoin MySQL-compatible model
Python infoin MySQL-compatible model
Ruby infoin MySQL-compatible model
Scheme infoin MySQL-compatible model
Tcl infoin MySQL-compatible model
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'PL/SQL, SQL PLView functions in JavaScriptPL/SQL in oracle-compatible mode, MySQL Stored Procedure in mysql-compatible mode
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by hash, key, range, range columns, list, and list columns)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesnoneMulti-source replication using Paxos
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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
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 rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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FileMakerFirebase Realtime DatabaseIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBLokiJSOceanBase
Specific characteristicsOceanBase Database is the world’s only native distributed database that has set new...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Availability : The five IDCs across three sites disaster recovery solution sets...
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Key customersOceanBase Database has helped over 400 customers across industries upgrade their...
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Market metricsTPC-C No.1 Performance , achieved a result of 707.35 million tpmC in the TPC-C benchmark...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMulan PubL v2 license for open source community edition. Commercial license for enterprise...
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