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DBMS > FileMaker vs. GigaSpaces vs. mSQL vs. RDFox vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. GigaSpaces vs. mSQL vs. RDFox vs. SpatiaLite

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.gigaspaces.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.oxfordsemantic.techwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.techwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGigaspaces TechnologiesHughes TechnologiesOxford Semantic TechnologiesAlessandro Furieri
Initial release19832000199420172008
Current release19.4.1, November 202115.5, September 20204.4, October 20216.0, Septermber 20225.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetCC++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes infoRDF schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-99 for query and DML statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnono
Triggersyesyes, event driven architecturenoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
nonereplication via a shared file systemnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYnoneImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesRole-based access controlnoRoles, resources, and access typesno

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