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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Hazelcast vs. mSQL vs. PostGIS vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Hazelcast vs. mSQL vs. PostGIS vs. TimesTen

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A widely adopted in-memory data gridmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSSpatial extension of PostgreSQLIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Relational DBMS
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerhazelcast.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlpostgis.netwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHazelcastHughes TechnologiesOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release19832008199420051998
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.3.6, November 20234.4, October 20213.4.2, February 202411 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
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 formatyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyesyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnouser defined functionsPL/SQL
Triggersyesyes infoEventsnoyesno
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 14yes infoReplicated Mapnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitednoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
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 servicesRole-based access controlnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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