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DBMS > 4D vs. H2GIS vs. HarperDB vs. Solr vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. H2GIS vs. HarperDB vs. Solr vs. TimescaleDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemSpatial extension of H2Ultra-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.A widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeSearch engineTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score4.64
Rank#71  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.h2gis.orgwww.harperdb.iosolr.apache.orgwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.harperdb.io/­docssolr.apache.org/­resources.htmldocs.timescale.com
Developer4D, IncCNRSHarperDBApache Software FoundationTimescale
Initial release19842013201720062017
Current releasev20, April 20233.1, August 20219.6.0, April 20242.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsJavaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemayes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data 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.yesnonoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like data manipulation statementsSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
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
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infobased on H2Custom Functions infosince release 3.1Java pluginsuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyesyesnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infobased on H2yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyesSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsoptimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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.noyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyes infobased on H2Access rights for users and rolesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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