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DBMS > 4D vs. ObjectBox vs. SpatiaLite vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. ObjectBox vs. SpatiaLite vs. SurrealDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsSpatial extension of SQLiteA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.objectbox.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docs
Developer4D, IncObjectBox LimitedAlessandro FurieriSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release1984201720082022
Current releasev20, April 20234.0 (May 2024)5.0.0, August 2020v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source
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++C++Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
server-lessLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Proprietary native APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyesnoyes, based on authentication and database rules
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionObjectBoxSpatiaLiteSurrealDB
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