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DBMS > FileMaker vs. mSQL vs. openGauss vs. PostGIS vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. mSQL vs. openGauss vs. PostGIS vs. SWC-DB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#183  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
postgis.netgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
postgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHughes TechnologiesHuawei and openGauss communityAlex Kashirin
Initial release19831994201920052020
Current release19.4.1, November 20214.4, October 20213.0, March 20223.4.2, February 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC, C++, JavaCC++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 formatnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersANSI SQL 2011yesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesPHPC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Java
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)yes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyesyes
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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