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DBMS > 4D vs. BigObject vs. FeatureBase vs. OpenQM vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BigObject vs. FeatureBase vs. OpenQM vs. SwayDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#329  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#296  Overall
#134  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#291  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.combigobject.iowww.featurebase.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.bigobject.iodocs.featurebase.com
Developer4D, IncBigObject, Inc.Molecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSimer Plaha
Initial release19842015201719932018
Current releasev20, April 20232022, May 20223.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoScala
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)
Linux
macOS
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.yesnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL queriesnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesLuayesno
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyesyesnone
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 tablesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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