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DBMS > 4D vs. Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. KeyDB vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. KeyDB vs. ObjectBox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformAn ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score4.36
Rank#72  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score0.70
Rank#229  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.ehcache.orgcloud.google.com/­datastoregithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
objectbox.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.ehcache.org/­documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsdocs.keydb.devdocs.objectbox.io
Developer4D, IncTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogleEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.ObjectBox Limited
Initial release19842009200820192017
Current releasev20, April 20233.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoBSD-3Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedLinuxAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, details herepartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like query language (GQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JCachegRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoProprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnousing Google App EngineLuano
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event ListenersCallbacks using the Google Apps Enginenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication using PaxosMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
online/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Eventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)simple password-based access control and ACLyes
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