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

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#290  Overall
#132  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/­filemakergoogle.github.io/­lovefieldorigodb.compostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogleRobert Friberg et al
Initial release198320142009 infounder the name LiveDB2005
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.1.12, February 20173.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#C
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser 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 formatnono infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesPHPJavaScript.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesuser defined functions
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal 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 14noneSource-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 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 persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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