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DBMS > 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. Valentina Server

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Highly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.bigchaindb.comwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
Developer4D, IncAlibabaAtos Convergence CreatorsParadigma Software
Initial release1984201620161999
Current releasev20, April 202317035.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaPython
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalnoyes
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.yesyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
LDAPCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Python
All languages with LDAP bindingsGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infocell divisionSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardLDAP bind authenticationyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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