FMDB vs Hive
FMDB
github.comHive
github.comSide by side
| Figure | FMDB | Hive |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Mobile Databases | 7.8 (#12) | 9.1 (#2) |
| Integrations | The project documents installation through CocoaPods, Carthage, and Swift Package Manager, and describes SQLCipher options. | Hive says it offers over 1000 integrations and names Google Drive, Google Calendar, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Outlook Calendar, Jira, Slack, GitHub, Dropbox, and QuickBooks among them. |
| Purpose | FMDB is an Objective-C wrapper around SQLite. | Hive describes itself as a platform for managing projects, tasks, approvals, billing, and related team work in one place. |
| Support | Support is community-provided on a voluntary basis through the mailing list, GitHub bug reports, or Stack Overflow. | Hive invites customers to contact its team with questions and says weekend inquiries or submissions after 6 PM EST may not receive a same-day reply. |
| Transactions | FMDatabase and FMDatabaseQueue support transactions, including a queue method that can roll back a transaction. | BoxCollections expose transactions for batching web database operations. |
Plans
In their own words
Hive
Hive brings projects, tasks, approvals, billing, and related team work into one platform. Teams can plan with project views, dashboards, goals, live reporting, templates, custom fields, and portfolios, then collaborate through Notes, action cards with comments and attachments, and forms for internal or external teammates. Its listed AI tools draft email replies, convert meeting transcripts into action items, build projects, proof content, and create dashboard widgets. Hive lists more than 1,000 integrations, including Google Drive, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Slack, and QuickBooks. The Free plan is described for light project management and includes unlimited tasks and collaborative Notes, 200MB of storage, and up to 10 workspace members. Starter is an entry-level plan with up to 10 members and 10 projects. Free is free forever; Starter costs $5.00 per user per month and Teams costs $12.00 per user per month. Hive says workspace content stays private to the organization and describes network security controls and hourly backups. It requires an internet connection, so offline access is unavailable.