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DBMS > 4D vs. FileMaker vs. searchxml vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. FileMaker vs. searchxml vs. YottaDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.DBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productsyottadb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
Developer4D, IncClaris infoa subsidiary of Appleinformationpartners gmbhYottaDB, LLC
Initial release1984198320152001
Current releasev20, April 202319.4.1, November 20211.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 formatyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infovia pluginsnoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
PHPC++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesyesno
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 14yes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnomultiple readers, single writeroptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 servicesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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