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DBMS > 4D vs. eXtremeDB vs. Heroic vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. eXtremeDB vs. Heroic vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SQL.JS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.mcobject.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlsql.js.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmspotify.github.io/­heroichelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheresql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
Developer4D, IncMcObjectSpotifySAP infoformerly SybaseAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release19842001201419922012
Current releasev20, April 20238.2, 202117, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesno infosupport of XML interfaces availablenoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlno
Triggersyesyes infoby defining eventsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensioneXtremeDBHeroicSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereSQL.JS
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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