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DBMS > 4D vs. BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. GBase vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. GBase vs. Pinecone

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#95  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comwww.gbase.cnwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
Developer4D, IncAsthon TateGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Pinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release19842016197920042019
Current releasev20, April 2023dBASE 2019, 2019GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languagePythonC, Java, Python
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linuxhosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesString, Number, Boolean
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoStandard with numerous extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDEC#Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factornoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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 dataACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACID
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyesAccess rights for users and rolesyes

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