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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. ObjectBox vs. RDF4J vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. ObjectBox vs. RDF4J vs. Yanza

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.Time Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMSRDF storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseobjectbox.iordf4j.orgyanza.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.objectbox.iordf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014ObjectBox LimitedSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Yanza
Initial release19832012201720042015
Current release19.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC and C++Java
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes infoRDF Schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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 formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnononono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native APIJava API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Java
PHP
Python
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'noyesno
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyesyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14online/offline synchronization between client and servernonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes, based on authentication and database rulesyesnono
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