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DBMS > 4D vs. BigchainDB vs. Dolt vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BigchainDB vs. Dolt vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. SpatiaLite

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Spatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.96
Rank#193  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
firebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.dolthub.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorewww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
Developer4D, IncDoltHub IncGoogleAlessandro Furieri
Initial release19842016201820172008
Current releasev20, April 20235.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languagePythonGoC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedserver-less
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
HTTP REST
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infocurrently in alpha releaseyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsno
Triggersyesyesyes, with Cloud Functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.Multi-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
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 groupsyesOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.no

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