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DBMS > FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.In-memory JavaScript DBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasensdb.ioorigodb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlnsdb.io/­Architectureorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleMicrosoftRobert Friberg et al
Initial release19832014201020172009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release19.4.1, November 2021V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Java, ScalaC#
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
macOS
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringUser defined using .NET types and collections
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 formatnoyesnono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyesSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesPHPJavaScript.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptTransact SQLnoyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesUsing Apache Luceneyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorization

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