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DBMS > FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. Typesense vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. Typesense vs. VelocityDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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 typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivityA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeSearch engineGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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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
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netswaydb.simer.autypesense.orgvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationtypesense.org/­docsvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSimer PlahaVelocityDB Inc
Initial release19832005201820152011
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCScalaC++C#
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free infopre-defined schema optionalyes
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 formatyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API.Net
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
Kotlin
Scala
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnonono
TriggersyesyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDAtomic execution of operationsnoACID
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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoBased on Windows Authentication

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