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DBMS > FeatureBase vs. FileMaker vs. GeoSpock vs. PostGIS

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

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NameFeatureBase  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.
DescriptionReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.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 modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.featurebase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergeospock.compostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGeoSpock
Initial release201719832005
Current release2022, May 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 languageGoJava, JavascriptC
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
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 indexesnoyestemporal, categoricalyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesyes infovia pluginsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneAutomatic shardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple 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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