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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. LeanXcale vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilitiesA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#283  Overall
#41  Key-value stores
#128  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.leanxcale.comorigodb.compostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleLeanXcaleRobert Friberg et al
Initial release198320152009 infounder the name LiveDB2005
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC#C
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 formatno infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyes infothrough Apache Derbynoyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesPHPC
Java
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesdepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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