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DBMS > FileMaker vs. GeoSpock vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. GeoSpock vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenEdge

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score3.69
Rank#78  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergeospock.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGeoSpockMicrosoftProgress Software Corporation
Initial release198320101984
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.0, September 2019V12OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyesyes
Secondary indexesyestemporal, categoricalyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yesyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoTransact SQLyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users can be defined per tablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups

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