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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. SiriDB vs. SQL.JS vs. SwayDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Open Source Time Series DBMSPort of SQLite to JavaScriptAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakersiridb.comsql.js.orgswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.siridb.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCesbitAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSimer Plaha
Initial release1983201720122018
Current release19.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoNumeric datayesno
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
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
JavaScriptJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicessimple rights management via user accountsnono

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