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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Interbase vs. ObjectBox vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Interbase vs. ObjectBox vs. SpaceTime

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score3.78
Rank#77  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasedocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleEmbarcaderoObjectBox LimitedMireo
Initial release1983198420172020
Current release19.4.1, November 2021InterBase 2020, December 20194.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC and C++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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 formatno infoexport as XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languagenono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Interbase Change ViewsData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesyes
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