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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. SurrealDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netrockset.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRocksetSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release1983200520192022
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC++Rust
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyes
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 formatyesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesPHPGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleyes, based on authentication and database rules

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