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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. RDFox

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  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.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseorigodb.compostgis.netwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaseorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Robert Friberg et alOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release198320122009 infounder the name LiveDB20052017
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC#CC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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 infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.NetC
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesuser defined functions
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLreplication via a shared file system
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
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnodepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQLRoles, resources, and access types

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