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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Geode vs. Interbase vs. MaxDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Geode vs. Interbase vs. MaxDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.51
Rank#147  Overall
#25  Key-value stores
Score3.78
Rank#77  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergeode.apache.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasemaxdb.sap.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasemaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.EmbarcaderoSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release1983200219841984
Current release19.4.1, November 20211.1, February 2017InterBase 2020, December 20197.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (OQL)yesyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyes
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replicationInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes, on a single nodeACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights per client and object definablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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