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DBMS > 4D vs. ObjectBox vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. ObjectBox vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. Spark SQL

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.objectbox.iospark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
Developer4D, IncObjectBox LimitedSybase, SAPApache Software Foundation
Initial release1984201719932014
Current releasev20, April 20234.0 (May 2024)3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++Scala
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like 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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Proprietary native API.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
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.nonono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionObjectBoxSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSSpark SQL
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