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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Interbase vs. Sequoiadb vs. SpaceTime

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

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.sequoiadb.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleEmbarcaderoSequoiadb Ltd.Mireo
Initial release1983198420132020
Current release19.4.1, November 2021InterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes
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 pluginsyesSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSONRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageJavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Interbase Change ViewsSource-replica replicationReal-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 ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDDocument is locked during a transactionno
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-standardsimple password-based access controlyes

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