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DBMS > FileMaker vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  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 SQLiteDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
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Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#361  Overall
#153  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmldocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleMireoAlessandro FurieriTranswarp
Initial release198320202008
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less
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 formatnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyesyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHPC#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Real-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyesno

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