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DBMS > 4D vs. HarperDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Oracle Coherence

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. HarperDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Oracle Coherence

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHarperDB takes the "stack" out of "tech stack" by combining an ultra-fast document-style data store, in-memory cache, real-time message broker, and your application components into a single distributed technology.A multi-model DBMS and application serverOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.13
Rank#114  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#240  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.81
Rank#128  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.harperdb.iowww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.intersystems.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
Developer4D, IncHarperDBInterSystemsOracle
Initial release1984201719972007
Current releasev20, April 20233.1, August 20212018.1.4, May 202014.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesdynamic schemadepending on used data modelschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like data manipulation statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.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++
Java
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes infooptionally
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication

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