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DBMS > FileMaker vs. FoundationDB vs. OrigoDB vs. OushuDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. FoundationDB vs. OrigoDB vs. OushuDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learning
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#355  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­apple/­foundationdborigodb.comwww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDB
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdborigodb.com/­docswww.oushu.com/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleFoundationDBRobert Friberg et alOushu
Initial release198320132009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release19.4.1, November 20216.2.28, November 20204.0.1, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C#
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 formatno infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginssupported in specific SQL layer onlynoFull-featured ANSI SQL support
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.NetC
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin SQL-layer onlyyesyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesin SQL-layer onlydepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
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 servicesnoRole based authorizationKerberos, SSL and role based access

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