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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. OrientDB vs. PouchDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  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.Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Document store
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
Score3.02
Rank#88  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseorientdb.orgpouchdb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPApache Software Foundation
Initial release1983201220102012
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.2.29, March 20247.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'Java, JavascriptView functions in JavaScript
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesHooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
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 rulesAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableno

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