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

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  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 RocksDBAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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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
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netrockset.comswaydb.simer.augithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRocksetSimer PlahaWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19832005201920182019
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageCC++ScalaGo
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingnoyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references
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 indexednoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesPHPGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnonono
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 PostgreSQLyesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual 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.noyesyes
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 consolenoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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FileMakerPostGISRocksetSwayDBWeaviate
Specific characteristicsWeaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesFlexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosAs a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersAll companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsAs of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsWeaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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