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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. TerminusDB vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. TerminusDB vs. ToroDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoreterminusdb.comgithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoreterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogleDataChemist Ltd.8Kdata
Initial release1983201720182016
Current release19.4.1, November 202111.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageProlog, RustJava
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinuxAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesPHPGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyes
Triggersyesyes, with Cloud Functionsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replicationJournaling StreamsSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Role-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles

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