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DBMS > dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. JSqlDb vs. OushuDB vs. Splice Machine

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. JSqlDb vs. OushuDB vs. Splice Machine

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
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.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningOpen-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and Spark
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#357  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Score0.54
Rank#244  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerjsqldb.org (offline)www.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBsplicemachine.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.oushu.com/­documentationsplicemachine.com/­how-it-works
DeveloperAsthon TateClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleKonrad von BackstromOushuSplice Machine
Initial release1979198320182014
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201919.4.1, November 20210.8, December 20184.0.1, August 20203.1, March 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnoFull-featured ANSI SQL supportyes
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEPHPJavaScriptC
C++
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesfunctions in JavaScriptyesyes infoJava
Triggersnoyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneyesShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integrationYes, via Full Spark Integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
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 DBMSnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesKerberos, SSL and role based accessAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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