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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Pinot vs. FileMaker vs. Qdrant

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Pinot vs. FileMaker vs. Qdrant

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matching
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#270  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.compinot.apache.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.pinot.apache.orgwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationqdrant.tech/­documentation
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation and contributorsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleQdrant
Initial release1984201519832021
Current releasev20, April 20231.0.0, September 202319.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaRust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK11 or higheriOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Boolean
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.yesyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languageyes infovia pluginsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Java
Python
PHP.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Collection-level replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesKey-based authentication

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