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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. IBM Cloudant vs. JaguarDB vs. NCache vs. PostGIS

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.jaguardb.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachepostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014DataJaguar, Inc.Alachisoft
Initial release19832010201520052005
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.3 July 20235.3.3, April 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageErlangC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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 formatnononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIJDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesPHPC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesnoyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a document possiblenooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaserights management via user accountsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes infobased on PostgreSQL
More information provided by the system vendor
FileMakerIBM CloudantJaguarDBNCachePostGIS
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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