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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Kingbase vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB

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

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#265  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#373  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.kingbase.com.cnpostgis.netswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Simer Plaha
Initial release1983199920052018
Current release19.4.1, November 2021V8.0, August 20213.4.2, 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 languageC and JavaCScala
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 formatyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsStandard with numerous extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDAtomic 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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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