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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. FileMaker vs. GeoSpock vs. PostGIS

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergeospock.compostgis.net
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperMobiland AGClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGeoSpock
Initial release201819832005
Current release1.1.263, October 202219.4.1, November 20212.0, September 20193.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptC
Server operating systemsWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes
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 indexesnoyestemporal, categoricalyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnoneAutomatic shardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilesimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users can be defined per tableyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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