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DBMS > 4D vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Kingbase vs. Manticore Search vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Kingbase vs. Manticore Search vs. ObjectBox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSSearch engineObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score0.45
Rank#262  Overall
#123  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comcloud.google.com/­datastorewww.kingbase.com.cnmanticoresearch.comobjectbox.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.comdocs.objectbox.io
Developer4D, IncGoogleBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Manticore SoftwareObjectBox Limited
Initial release19842008199920172017
Current releasev20, April 2023V8.0, August 20216.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC and JavaC++C and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesFixed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, details hereyesInt, 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 indexesyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query language (GQL)Standard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesusing Google App Engineuser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
TriggersyesCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication using PaxosyesSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionGoogle Cloud DatastoreKingbaseManticore SearchObjectBox
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