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DBMS > FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. jBASE vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. jBASE vs. SwayDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  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 robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value store
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Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#157  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.geomesa.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCCRi and othersRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Simer Plaha
Initial release1983201419912018
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.0.1, July 20245.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaScala
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalno
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 formatnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14depending on storage layeryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDAtomic execution of operations
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 layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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