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DBMS > 4D vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SiteWhere

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI 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 middlewareSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeMultivalue DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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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
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  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-jbaseazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9learn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
Developer4D, IncGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)MicrosoftSiteWhere
Initial release19842012199120152010
Current releasev20, April 20235.7V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes
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.yesnoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnono
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
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesno
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable 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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes infousing Azure authenticationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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