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DBMS > 4D vs. H2 vs. InfinityDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. H2 vs. InfinityDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  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.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.h2database.comboilerbay.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.objectbox.iodocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
Developer4D, IncThomas MuellerBoiler Bay Inc.ObjectBox LimitedTranswarp
Initial release1984200520022017
Current releasev20, April 20232.2.220, July 20234.04.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaJavaC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
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 databasenoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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-standardnoyes
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