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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Scalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#19  Object oriented DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakernsdb.ioorigodb.compostgis.netwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationnsdb.io/­Architectureorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRobert Friberg et alRocket Software
Initial release198320172009 infounder the name LiveDB20051985
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ScalaC#CC
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesoptional
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 indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query languagenoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
Scala
.Net.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesyes infoDomain Eventsyesyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnodepending on modelyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesUsing Apache Luceneyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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