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DBMS > 4D vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. Manticore Search vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. Manticore Search vs. SiteWhere

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.M2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeMultivalue DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasemanticoresearch.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9manual.manticoresearch.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
Developer4D, IncGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Manticore SoftwareSiteWhere
Initial release19842012199120172010
Current releasev20, April 20235.76.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeFixed schemapredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.yesnoyesCan index from XMLno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesuser defined functions
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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