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DBMS > 4D vs. atoti vs. H2 vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. atoti vs. H2 vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. ObjectBox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonatoti  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn in-memory DBMS combining transactional and analytical processing to handle the aggregation of ever-changing data.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectors
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#243  Overall
#11  Object oriented DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comatoti.iowww.h2database.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.atoti.iowww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.objectbox.io
Developer4D, IncActiveViamThomas MuellerMicrosoftObjectBox Limited
Initial release1984200520152017
Current releasev20, April 20232.2.220, July 2023V14.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree versions availableOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like types
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)yesnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesPythonJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding, horizontal partitioningnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
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 infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceData 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 integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.noyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing Azure authenticationyes
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionatotiH2Microsoft Azure AI SearchObjectBox
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