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DBMS > 4D vs. Kinetica vs. OpenEdge vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Kinetica vs. OpenEdge vs. SpaceTime

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsApplication development environment with integrated database management systemSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.kinetica.comwww.progress.com/­openedgewww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.kinetica.comdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
Developer4D, IncKineticaProgress Software CorporationMireo
Initial release1984201219842020
Current releasev20, April 20237.1, August 2021OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 DML and DDL statementsyes infoclose to SQL 92A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4Fixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and roles on table levelUsers and groupsyes

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