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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. TDSQL for MySQL vs. TypeDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTDSQL for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA high-performance distributed database management system with features such as automatic sharding, intelligent operation and maintenance, elastic scalability without downtime, and enterprise-grade security. It is highly compatible with MySQL.TypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#97  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netswaydb.simer.auwww.tencentcloud.com/­products/­dcdbtypedb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationwww.tencentcloud.com/­document/­product/­1042typedb.com/­docs
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSimer PlahaTencentVaticle
Initial release19832005201820132016
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 20242.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageCScalaJava
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 formatyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
Kotlin
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneAutomatic shardingSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDAtomic execution of operationsACIDACID
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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FileMakerPostGISSwayDBTDSQL for MySQLTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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