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DBMS > FileMaker vs. IBM Cloudant vs. JSqlDb vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. IBM Cloudant vs. JSqlDb vs. QuestDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#95  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantjsqldb.org (offline)questdb.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Konrad von BackstromQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release1983201020182014
Current release19.4.1, November 20210.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageErlangJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyes
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 indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesPHPC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScriptC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptfunctions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users can be defined per database
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