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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Kingbase vs. SpaceTime vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Kingbase vs. SpaceTime vs. SQL.JS

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Port of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.kingbase.com.cnwww.mireo.com/­spacetimesql.js.org
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.MireoAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release1983199920202012
Current release19.4.1, November 2021V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and JavaC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsStandard with numerous extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
RESTful HTTP APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesno

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