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DBMS > FileMaker vs. H2GIS vs. PostGIS vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. H2GIS vs. PostGIS vs. SpatiaLite

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial extension of H2Spatial extension of PostgreSQLSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.h2gis.orgpostgis.netwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homepostgis.net/­documentationwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCNRSAlessandro Furieri
Initial release1983201320052008
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 20245.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less
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 formatnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infobased on H2user defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on H2yes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on H2yes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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