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DBMS > 4D vs. EventStoreDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. EventStoreDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Lovefield

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSEvent StoreSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#181  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#306  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.eventstore.comwww.geomesa.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
Developer4D, IncEvent Store LimitedCCRi and othersGoogle
Initial release1984201220142014
Current releasev20, April 202321.2, February 20215.0.1, July 20242.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
TriggersyesnoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
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, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageno

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