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DBMS > FileMaker vs. OrigoDB vs. PlanetScale vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. OrigoDB vs. PlanetScale vs. SurrealDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPlanetScale  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseScalable, distributed, serverless MySQL database platform built on top of VitessA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#19  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#155  Overall
#72  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerorigodb.complanetscale.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationorigodb.com/­docsplanetscale.com/­docssurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRobert Friberg et alPlanetScaleSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release19832009 infounder the name LiveDB20202022
Current release19.4.1, November 2021v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC#GoRust
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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 formatno infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesPHP.NetAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyesyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesdepending on modelyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID at shard levelACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
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 servicesRole based authorizationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesyes, based on authentication and database rules

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