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DBMS > 4D vs. Faircom DB vs. OrientDB vs. searchxml vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Faircom DB vs. OrientDB vs. searchxml vs. SiteWhere

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemNative high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)DBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#304  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
#136  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dborientdb.orgwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productsgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
Developer4D, IncFairCom CorporationOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPinformationpartners gmbhSiteWhere
Initial release19841979201020152010
Current releasev20, April 2023V12, November 20203.2.29, March 20241.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageANSI C, C++JavaC++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,schema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language, no joinsnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++Java, Javascriptyes infoon the application server
TriggersyesyesHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningShardingnoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).Multi-source replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes inforelationship in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDtunable from ACID to Eventually ConsistentACIDmultiple readers, single writerno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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