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

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

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A 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 DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#359  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#373  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerboilerbay.compostgis.netswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleBoiler Bay Inc.Simer Plaha
Initial release1983200220052018
Current release19.4.1, November 20214.03.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCScala
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes 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 formatnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesPHPJavaJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesno
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 14noneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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