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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Geode vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Geode vs. LokiJS

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  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 processesIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergeode.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.
Initial release198320022014
Current release19.4.1, November 20211.1, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (OQL)no
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes, on a single nodeno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights per client and object definableno

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