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DBMS > FileMaker vs. ObjectBox vs. Rockset vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. ObjectBox vs. Rockset vs. SpatiaLite

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
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 vectorsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
rockset.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.objectbox.iodocs.rockset.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleObjectBox LimitedRocksetAlessandro Furieri
Initial release1983201720192008
Current release19.4.1, November 20214.0 (May 2024)5.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++C++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
hostedserver-less
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesdynamic typingyes
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 formatnono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneAutomatic shardingnone
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 offlineyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
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 servicesyesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno
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