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DBMS > 4D vs. Badger vs. FileMaker vs. PieCloudDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Badger vs. FileMaker vs. PieCloudDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBadger  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#328  Overall
#48  Key-value stores
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.37
Rank#271  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.openpie.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
Developer4D, IncDGraph LabsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleOpenPie
Initial release198420171983
Current releasev20, April 202319.4.1, November 20212.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageGo
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
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.yesnoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyes infovia pluginsyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
GoPHPJava
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate 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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionBadgerFileMakerPieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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