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DBMS > FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SQL.JS vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SQL.JS vs. SwayDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLPort of SQLite to JavaScriptAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#248  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#373  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netsql.js.orgswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSimer Plaha
Initial release1983200520122018
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 formatyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesPHPJavaScriptJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
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 PostgreSQLnono

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