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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. Milvus

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Enterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#285  Overall
#129  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.postgresql.fastware.commilvus.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of ApplePostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software Technology
Initial release19832019
Current release19.4.1, November 2021Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20222.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageCC++, Go
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, 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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonepartitioning by range, list and by hashSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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FileMakerFujitsu Enterprise PostgresMilvus
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Milvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Highly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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RAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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As of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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Milvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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