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DBMS > 4D vs. FeatureBase vs. Machbase Neo vs. Microsoft SQL Server

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. FeatureBase vs. Machbase Neo vs. Microsoft SQL Server

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.TimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataMicrosofts flagship relational DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.featurebase.commachbase.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-server
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.featurebase.commachbase.com/­dbmslearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-server
Developer4D, IncMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsMachbaseMicrosoft
Initial release1984201720131989
Current releasev20, April 20232022, May 2022V8.0, August 2023SQL Server 2022, November 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree test version availablecommercial inforestricted free version is available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoCC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL queriesSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Java
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federation
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesselectable replication factoryes, but depending on the SQL-Server Edition
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 integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using Linux fsyncnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infovolatile and lookup tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupssimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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