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DBMS > FileMaker vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. TempoIQ

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasepostgis.netrockset.comtempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9postgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)RocksetTempoIQ
Initial release19831991200520192012
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.73.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesyes
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Implementation languageCC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesdynamic 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 formatyesyesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP RESTHTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnono
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolesimple authentication-based access control

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