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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. PouchDB vs. Rockset vs. searchxml

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  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.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeDocument storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasepouchdb.comrockset.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasepouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.rockset.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Apache Software FoundationRocksetinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release19832012201220192015
Current release19.4.1, November 20217.1.1, June 20191.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedWindows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnodynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'View functions in JavaScriptnoyes infoon the application server
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yesyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesnonomultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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