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DBMS > FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. InfinityDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. InfinityDB vs. PostGIS

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.geomesa.orgboilerbay.compostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCCRi and othersBoiler Bay Inc.
Initial release1983201420022005
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.0.0, May 20244.03.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaC
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyes
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 formatnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonouser defined functions
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layernoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14depending on storage layernoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID
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.depending on storage layernono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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