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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. PouchDB vs. RavenDB vs. Rockset vs. searchxml

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeDocument storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerpouchdb.comravendb.netrockset.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpouchdb.com/­guidesravendb.net/­docsdocs.rockset.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleApache Software FoundationHibernating RhinosRocksetinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release19832012201020192015
Current release19.4.1, November 20217.1.1, June 20195.4, July 20221.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#C++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonodynamic 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 supportedyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoSQL-like query language (RQL)Read-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesPHPJavaScript.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptyesnoyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Multi-source replicationyesyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID, Cluster-wide transaction availablenomultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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