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DBMS > FileMaker vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Realm vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Realm vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A multi-model DBMS and application serverA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.09
Rank#352  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacherealm.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4wakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.intersystems.comrealm.io/­docswakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleInterSystemsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019STS Soft SCWakanda SAS
Initial release19831997201420112012
Current release19.4.1, November 20212018.1.4, May 20204.0.8, September 20152.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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 formatyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHPC#
C++
Java
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynoyes
Triggersyesyesyes infoChange Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesnoyes

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