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DBMS > 4D vs. BigObject vs. Datomic vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BigObject vs. Datomic vs. OpenEdge

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.combigobject.iowww.datomic.comwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.bigobject.iodocs.datomic.comdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
Developer4D, IncBigObject, Inc.CognitectProgress Software Corporation
Initial release1984201520121984
Current releasev20, April 20231.0.7075, December 2023OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava, Clojure
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Clojure
Java
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesLuayes infoTransaction Functionsyes
TriggersyesnoBy using transaction functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnonoUsers and groups

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