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DBMS > etcd vs. FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. YugabyteDB

System Properties Comparison etcd vs. FileMaker vs. PostGIS vs. YugabyteDB

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Nameetcd  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed reliable key-value storeFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.25
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websiteetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
www.claris.com/­filemakerpostgis.netwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
www.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleYugabyte Inc.
Initial release198320052017
Current release3.4, August 201919.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoCC and C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsyesyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JSON over HTTP
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
PHPC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyes, watching key changesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Source-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
More information provided by the system vendor
etcdFileMakerPostGISYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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