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DBMS > 4D vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. HarperDB vs. Lovefield vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. HarperDB vs. Lovefield vs. SurrealDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
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DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.harperdb.iogoogle.github.io/­lovefieldsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.harperdb.io/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdsurrealdb.com/­docs
Developer4D, IncAmazonHarperDBGoogleSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release19842007201720142022
Current releasev20, April 20233.1, August 20212.1.12, February 2017v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageNode.jsJavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freedynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
JavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
TriggersyesnonoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and rolesnoyes, based on authentication and database rules

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