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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. PlanetScale vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. PlanetScale vs. Realm

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonPlanetScale  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2Scalable, distributed, serverless MySQL database platform built on top of VitessA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgplanetscale.comrealm.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homeplanetscale.com/­docsrealm.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSPlanetScaleRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release19842013201320202014
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxDocker
Linux
macOS
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes infowith proprietary extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2yes infoproprietary syntaxno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engineno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID at shard levelACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2Users with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesyes

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