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DBMS > 4D vs. Badger vs. BigObject vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Badger vs. BigObject vs. Lovefield

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBadger  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.Analytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#320  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerbigobject.iogoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerdocs.bigobject.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
Developer4D, IncDGraph LabsBigObject, Inc.Google
Initial release1984201720152014
Current releasev20, April 20232.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
GoJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoLuano
TriggersyesnonoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnonono

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