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DBMS > FileMaker vs. HBase vs. InfinityDB vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. HBase vs. InfinityDB vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceSpatial extension of PostgreSQLAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerhbase.apache.orgboilerbay.compostgis.netswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetBoiler Bay Inc.Simer Plaha
Initial release19832008200220052018
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.3.4, January 20214.03.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCScala
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesno
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 formatnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javanouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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