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DBMS > 4D vs. BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. SAP IQ

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.bigchaindb.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
Developer4D, IncClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release1984201619831994
Current releasev20, April 202319.4.1, November 202116.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePython
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
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 formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyes infovia pluginsyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
PHPC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14SAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
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 groupsyessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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