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DBMS > BigObject vs. FileMaker vs. mSQL vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. FileMaker vs. mSQL vs. PostGIS

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitebigobject.iowww.claris.com/­filemakerhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlpostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iowww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleHughes Technologies
Initial release2015198319942005
Current release19.4.1, November 20214.4, October 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infovia pluginsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuayesnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesnoyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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