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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerhsqldb.orgsql.js.org
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release198320012012
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen 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 infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesPHPAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava, SQLno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
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 servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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