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DBMS > 4D vs. FileMaker vs. Hyprcubd vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. FileMaker vs. Hyprcubd vs. LokiJS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Serverless Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerhyprcubd.com (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
Developer4D, IncClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHyprcubd, Inc.
Initial release198419832014
Current releasev20, April 202319.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringno
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 indexesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infovia pluginsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC (https)JavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
PHPJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicestoken accessno

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