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DBMS > 4D vs. Hyprcubd vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Hyprcubd vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. PostGIS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemServerless Time Series DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comhyprcubd.com (offline)azure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchpostgis.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchpostgis.net/­documentation
Developer4D, IncHyprcubd, Inc.Microsoft
Initial release198420152005
Current releasev20, April 2023V13.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesno
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Implementation languageGoC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedhosted
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
gRPC (https)RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonouser defined functions
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupstoken accessyes infousing Azure authenticationyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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