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DBMS > 4D vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. RisingWave

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. RisingWave

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.h2database.comwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.risingwave.com/­database
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.iodocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­intro
Developer4D, IncThomas MuellerHarperDBObjectBox LimitedRisingWave Labs
Initial release19842005201720172022
Current releasev20, April 20232.2.220, July 20233.1, August 20214.0 (May 2024)1.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree community edition availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsC and C++Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesStandard SQL-types and JSON
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native APIJDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noUDFs in Python or Java
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesyesUsers and Roles
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionH2HarperDBObjectBoxRisingWave
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