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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Realm vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Realm vs. TerarkDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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 DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeKey-value 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
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaserealm.iogithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaserealm.io/­docsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release1983201220142016
Current release19.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'no inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14nonenone
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
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
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes, based on authentication and database rulesyesno

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