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DBMS > FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SiteWhere vs. YDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SiteWhere vs. YDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#287  Overall
#43  Document stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewheregithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmlydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSiteWhereYandex
Initial release1983200520102019
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJava
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyespredefined schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema 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 formatyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesnoSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesPHPGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on PostgreSQLUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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