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DBMS > FileMaker vs. OpenQM vs. SwayDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. OpenQM vs. SwayDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeVector DBMS
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Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#291  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#16  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmswaydb.simer.auwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSimer Plaha
Initial release1983199320182023
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4-121.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoVector, Numeric and String
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 formatyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesnone
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 integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDAtomic execution of operationsno
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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