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DBMS > FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. Yaacomo

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
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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 storageOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#373  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netswaydb.simer.auyaacomo.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSimer PlahaQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release1983200520182009
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCScala
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 pluginsyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneSource-replica 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 integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDAtomic execution of operationsACID
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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