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DBMS > Derby vs. FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#15  Vector DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netswaydb.simer.auwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSimer Plaha
Initial release19971983200520182023
Current release10.17.1.0, November 202319.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 20241.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCScalaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoVector, Numeric and String
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.yesyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infovia pluginsyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaPHPJava
Kotlin
Scala
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDAtomic execution of operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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