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DBMS > 4D vs. eXtremeDB vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. MaxDB vs. Prometheus

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. eXtremeDB vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. MaxDB vs. Prometheus

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringEnterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.37
Rank#278  Overall
#128  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.mcobject.comwww.postgresql.fastware.commaxdb.sap.comprometheus.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualsmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationprometheus.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncMcObjectPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologySAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release1984200119842015
Current releasev20, April 20238.2, 2021Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20227.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++CC++Go
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesNumeric data only
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.yesno infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesyes infoby defining eventsyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingpartitioning by range, list and by hashnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Source-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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 groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensioneXtremeDBFujitsu Enterprise PostgresMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DPrometheus
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Built-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Transactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Over 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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Core based licensing
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