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DBMS > FileMaker vs. mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. OrigoDB vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. OrigoDB vs. SpatiaLite

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.67
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Score1.22
Rank#172  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlobjectbox.ioorigodb.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.objectbox.ioorigodb.com/­docswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHughes TechnologiesObjectBox LimitedRobert Friberg et alAlessandro Furieri
Initial release1983199420172009 infounder the name LiveDB2008
Current release19.4.1, November 20214.4, October 20215.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++C#C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 formatnonono infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyesno
Triggersyesnonoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesdepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoyesRole based authorizationno
More information provided by the system vendor
FileMakermSQL infoMini SQLObjectBoxOrigoDBSpatiaLite
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