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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. FileMaker vs. HBase vs. Riak KV

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableDistributed, fault tolerant key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexes
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score4.10
Rank#82  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerhbase.apache.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latest
Developer4D, IncClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOpenSource, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release1984198320082009
Current releasev20, April 202319.4.1, November 20212.3.4, January 20213.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise edition
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaErlang
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROno
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 formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnorestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
PHPC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes infoCoprocessors in JavaErlang
Triggersyesyesyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono infolinks between data sets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
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 servicesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyes, using Riak Security

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