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DBMS > FileMaker vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite vs. TerminusDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spatial extension of SQLiteScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexterminusdb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleMireoAlessandro FurieriDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release1983202020082018
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.0.0, August 202011.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-lessLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
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 formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesPHPC#
C++
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneFixed-grid hypercubesnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Real-time block device replication (DRBD)noneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyesnoRole-based access control

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