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DBMS > 4D vs. BigchainDB vs. VelocityDB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BigchainDB vs. VelocityDB vs. YottaDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.bigchaindb.comvelocitydb.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestvelocitydb.com/­UserGuideyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
Developer4D, IncVelocityDB IncYottaDB, LLC
Initial release1984201620112001
Current releasev20, April 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonC#C
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NETDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesno
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
.NetPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.NetC
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factoryes
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 integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyesBased on Windows AuthenticationUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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