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DBMS > 4D vs. Axibase vs. FileMaker vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Axibase vs. FileMaker vs. jBASE

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
Developer4D, IncAxibase CorporationClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release1984201319831991
Current releasev20, April 20231558519.4.1, November 20215.7
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesoptional
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.yesnoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languageyes infovia pluginsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
PHP.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
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 controlUsers and groupssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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