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DBMS > FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. SwayDB vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. SwayDB vs. ToroDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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 RocksDBAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netrockset.comswaydb.simer.augithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRocksetSimer Plaha8Kdata
Initial release19832005201920182016
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageCC++ScalaJava
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingnoyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 supportednono
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesPHPGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLyesnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoAtomic execution of operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
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 consolenoAccess rights for users and roles

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