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DBMS > dBASE vs. etcd vs. FileMaker vs. InfluxDB

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. etcd vs. FileMaker vs. InfluxDB

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DescriptiondBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.A distributed reliable key-value storeFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.DBMS for storing time series, events and metrics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score7.05
Rank#53  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score22.12
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.cometcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
www.claris.com/­filemakerwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overview
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebaseetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
www.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdb
DeveloperAsthon TateClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release197919832013
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.4, August 201919.4.1, November 20212.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoGo
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
FreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesNumeric data and Strings
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.gRPC
JSON over HTTP
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
PHP.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noyesno
Triggersnoyes, watching key changesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Source-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicessimple rights management via user accounts
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dBASEetcdFileMakerInfluxDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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