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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. InfinityDB vs. PouchDB vs. Rockset vs. searchxml

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeDocument storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerboilerbay.compouchdb.comrockset.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualpouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.rockset.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleBoiler Bay Inc.Apache Software FoundationRocksetinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release19832002201220192015
Current release19.4.1, November 20214.07.1.1, June 20191.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedWindows
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysnodynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedyes
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infovia viewsall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesPHPJavaJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoView functions in JavaScriptnoyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yesyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsnonomultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnonoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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