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DBMS > FileMaker vs. HBase vs. PouchDB vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. HBase vs. PouchDB vs. Spark SQL

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerhbase.apache.orgpouchdb.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlpouchdb.com/­guidesspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation
Initial release1983200820122014
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.3.4, January 20217.1.1, June 20193.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROnoyes
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 indexesyesnoyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScriptJava
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in JavaView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)nono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
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 Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnono

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