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DBMS > FileMaker vs. HarperDB vs. Interbase vs. OpenQM

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. HarperDB vs. Interbase vs. OpenQM

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.harperdb.iowww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHarperDBEmbarcaderoRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release1983201719841993
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.1, August 2021InterBase 2020, December 20193.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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 possibleyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedInterbase Change Viewsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
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 for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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