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DBMS > 4D vs. Galaxybase vs. OpenQM vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Galaxybase vs. OpenQM vs. PostGIS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSMultivalue DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgalaxybase.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmpostgis.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.compostgis.net/­documentation
Developer4D, IncChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Rocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release1984201719932005
Current releasev20, April 2023Nov 20, November 20213.4-123.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and JavaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayes infowith some exceptionsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Browser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Java
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined procedures and functionsyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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