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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. LokiJS vs. Ultipa

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. LokiJS vs. Ultipa

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#338  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Ultipa
Initial release1983201220142019
Current release19.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'View functions in JavaScript
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes, based on authentication and database rulesno

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