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DBMS > 4D vs. EventStoreDB vs. FileMaker vs. LeanXcale

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. EventStoreDB vs. FileMaker vs. LeanXcale

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilities
Primary database modelRelational DBMSEvent StoreRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.36
Rank#280  Overall
#40  Key-value stores
#129  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.eventstore.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.leanxcale.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
Developer4D, IncEvent Store LimitedClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleLeanXcale
Initial release1984201219832015
Current releasev20, April 202321.2, February 202119.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yesyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infovia pluginsyes infothrough Apache Derby
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
PHPC
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
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 groupssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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