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DBMS > 4D vs. FileMaker vs. MaxDB vs. Qdrant

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. FileMaker vs. MaxDB vs. Qdrant

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matching
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.28
Rank#167  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.claris.com/­filemakermaxdb.sap.comgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationqdrant.tech/­documentation
Developer4D, IncClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Qdrant
Initial release1984198319842021
Current releasev20, April 202319.4.1, November 20217.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Boolean
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infovia pluginsyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
PHP.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationCollection-level replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardKey-based authentication

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