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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. TinkerGraph

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

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  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 PostgreSQLA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseorigodb.compostgis.nettinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaseorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Robert Friberg et al
Initial release198320122009 infounder the name LiveDB20052009
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC#CJava
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
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 .NETyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
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
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.NetGroovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesuser defined functionsno
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infoDomain Eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
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 Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnodepending on modelyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesoptional
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 PostgreSQLno

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