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DBMS > FileMaker vs. jBASE vs. OpenTenBase vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. jBASE vs. OpenTenBase vs. PostGIS

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTenBase  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn enterprise-level distributed HTAP open source database based on PostgreSQLSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#370  Overall
#156  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­OpenTenBase/­OpenTenBase
www.opentenbase.org
postgis.net
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.opentenbase.org
docs.opentenbase.org/­en
postgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)OpenAtom Foundation, previously Tencent
Initial release198319912005
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.72.5, January 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBSD-3Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyes
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 formatyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyesyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
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 persistentyesyesyesyes
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 servicesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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