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DBMS > Drizzle vs. FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. SwayDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netrockset.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRocksetSimer Plaha
Initial release20081983200520192018
Current release7.2.4, September 201219.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++CC++Scala
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typingno
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 formatyesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsyes infovia pluginsyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
PHPGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoAtomic execution of operations
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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