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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  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 DBMSWidely used in-process key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
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
Score2.21
Rank#117  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.html
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014IBMOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle
Initial release19832012201420141994
Current release19.4.1, November 202118.1.40, May 2020
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, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-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 formatnono infoImport/export of XML data possiblenoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML edition
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyesnoyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is available
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScript.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'PL/SQL, SQL PLView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesyes infoonly for the SQL API
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesnoneSource-replica replication
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 Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
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 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
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
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-standardnono

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