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DBMS > 4D vs. RavenDB vs. SpaceTime vs. Tkrzw

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. RavenDB vs. SpaceTime vs. Tkrzw

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.A concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comravendb.netwww.mireo.com/­spacetimedbmx.net/­tkrzw
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comravendb.net/­docs
Developer4D, IncHibernating RhinosMireoMikio Hirabayashi
Initial release1984201020202020
Current releasev20, April 20235.4, July 20220.9.3, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC#C++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesno
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 indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query language (RQL)A subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Python
C++
Java
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableno
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 infousing specific database classes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseyesno

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