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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. ITTIA vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. ITTIA vs. jBASE

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonITTIA  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  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.Edge Time Series DBMS with Real-Time Stream ProcessingA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.44
Rank#267  Overall
#23  Time Series DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.ittia.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014ITTIA L.L.C.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release1983201220071991
Current release19.4.1, November 20218.75.7
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC and C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeFixed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesFloat/Blob/Integer/String/Unicode/Date/Time/Timestamp/Intervaloptional
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 formatnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesyes
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
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 rulesDatabase file passwordsAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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