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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. ObjectBox vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SQLite vs. Trafodion

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSQLite  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsWidely used embeddable, in-process RDBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score42.78
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.10
Rank#173  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#10  Vector DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#180  Overall
#82  Relational DBMS
Score99.49
Rank#10  Overall
#7  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.sqlite.orgtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.objectbox.iowww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlwww.sqlite.org/­docs.htmltrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleObjectBox LimitedOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Dwayne Richard HippApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release19832017198420002014
Current release19.4.1, November 20214.0 (May 2024)7.4.1.1, 20213.46.1  (13 August 2024), August 20242.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoPublic DomainOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++CC++, Java
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
HP Open VMSserver-lessLinux
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes infodynamic column typesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesyes infonot rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.yes
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 formatnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIADO.NET infoinofficial driver
JDBC infoinofficial driver
ODBC infoinofficial driver
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Actionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Data sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyes, on a single nodeACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infovia file-system locksyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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