4DBK : Feature Comparison
| Main Features | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Multi-platform: Compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server and Mac OS X version 10.3 and greater | x | x | x |
| Quick Start manual (92 pages) | x | x | x |
| Reference manual, Advanced Technical manual, Language. (1,100 pages in English) | x | x | x |
| Graphical and Intuitive Interface | x | x | x |
| Software Interface Languages: French, English, and German. | x | x | x |
| Integrated Database | x | x | x |
| Integrated Web Server | 6 hours of operation per launch | 6 hours of operation per launch | Permanent operation |
Automatic Currency Converter |
x | x | x |
Dynamic Currency Rate Update |
x | x | x |
Fixed Exchange Rate for Currencies |
x | x | x |
Management of Access Rights |
x | x | x |
| Number of Catalogs or Stores | 1 | unlimited | unlimited * |
| (*) 4DBK Hoster is delivered with 1 license for one store. Additional stores require an extension license per store. | |||
| Integrated Web Server | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Selection of HTTP and HTTPS Ports | x | x | x |
| Selection of the General Encoding | x | x | x |
| Integrated Web Engine Featuring Auto-check and Auto-reactivation System | x | x | x |
| Automatic Update of the Web Log | x | x | x |
| Customizable 404 Error Page | x | x | x |
| Filtering Web Connections | x | x | x |
| Dynamic IP Address Management | x | x | x |
| Multi-Homing | x | x | x |
| Connection as Secondary Server with MS IIS, Apache, WebSTAR | x | x | x |
| Define Maximum Size of File Upload | x | x | x |
| Anti-Spam Function by Obfuscation | x | x | x |
| Incoming Synchronization Mechanism | x | ||
| CGI Management with Selective Access per Store | x | ||
| Upload with Volume or Store Restriction | x | ||
| Display of General Activity in Real-time | x | x | x |
| Database | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Backup and Log File | x | x | x |
| Test and Repair Utility | x | x | x |
| Automatic Recovery in Case of Incident | x | x | x |
| Data Compacting Utility | x | x | x |
| 4DBKWeb Language | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| RAD Language | x | x | x |
| Number of Orders | 145 | 156 | 156 |
| Loops management (LOOP) | x | x | x |
| Conditional tests (If, Else, Endif - Caseof, Else, EndCase) | x | x | x |
| Longint Variables (32 bits) | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Numerical Variables (80 bits) | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Text Variables (30 Kb) | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Selections | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Fields | >340 | >340 | >340 |
| Store Management | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Access Store Parameters | x | x | x |
| Access to Data (Items, Masks, Families, Orders, Customers, VAT, Behavior Rules, Wish Lists, Gift Certificates, Promotional Coupons, Shipping Methods, Industries, Customer types) | x | x | |
| Creation Assistant for Stores and Catalogs | x | x | |
| Manual Store Creation | x | x | |
| Customizable HTML Pages | x | x | x |
| Publishing over the Intranet or Internet | x | x | x |
| Multiple URLs per Store (6 maximum) | x | x | x |
| Home Page Customization | x | x | x |
| Customization of the HTTP 404 Error Page | x | x | x |
| Management of URL shortcuts (unlimited) | x | x | x |
| Password Protected Store Parameters | x | x | x |
| Backup of Customer Context on the Server | x | x | x |
| Shipping Costs Calculation (based on number of items, weight, price, or a specific formula) | x | x | x |
| Customizable SMTP Server | x | x | x |
| Automatic Order Confirmation by e-mail | x | x | x |
| Effective Data Protection on the Hard Disk by using an RSA key (0 to 1024 bits) | x | x | x |
| Discount by Category of Items | x | x | x |
| Management of the EEC VAT (Europe) | x | x | x |
| Automatic Validity Check of EEC VAT Number (Europe) | x | x | x |
| Automatic Image Resizing | x | x | x |
| Possibility to Offset Views by Automatic Replication (via FTP) on an External Web Server. | x | x | x |
| Calculate the Price of an Item by an External Application (via HTTP GET) | x | x | x |
| Calculate the Shipping Costs by an External Application (via HTTP GET) | x | x | x |
| Secure Access to 4DBK Web Services (SOAP) | x | x | |
| Payment Gateway Management | x | x | |
| Dynamic Web referencing through page creation scripts (Example: Froogle, LeGuide.com, etc.) | x | x | x |
| URL Shortcuts (unlimited) | x | x | x |
| Automated synchronization planner | x | x | |
| Protected Web access areas (unlimited) | x | x | x |
| Multilingual Web interfaces (maximum 4 languages per store) | x | x | x |
| Multilingual data display (maximum 4 languages per store) | x | x | x |
| Selection of Main Currency for each Store | x | x | x |
| Manual and/or Automated Synchronization with 4DBK Host | x | x | |
| Multi-user access rights setup | x | x | x |
| 4DBK Web Services (SOAP and WSDL) | x | x | |
| 4DBK Component for 4D | x | x | |
| Item management per Store | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Maximum item quantity | 16 Million | 16 Million | 16 Million |
| Customizable data input forms for each store | unlimited | unlimited | |
| Four families of hierarchical or independent products | x | x | |
| Graphical interface and intuitive data entry | x | x | |
| Assignment of a value on a selection | x | x | |
| Item descriptions in four languages | x | x | |
| Translation assistant | x | x | |
| Present and future status per item (activated/deactivated) | x | x | |
| Multiple field formats: text, numerical, date or Boolean types, with multiple values | x | x | |
| Links between items | x | x | |
| Counter per Item | 3 | 3 | |
| Setup of the weight and volume for each item | x | x | |
| Sale price and promotional price set up | x | x | |
| Setup of promotional periods | x | x | |
| Setup of the tax categories to be applied | x | x | |
| Setup of the sale price and promotional price, tax free or taxes included | x | x | |
| Discount for quantity | x | x | |
| Discount by customer category | x | x | |
| Define an item as a gift certificate | x | x | |
| Manual or automatic stock management | x | x | |
| Define an item as being subject to or not subject to shipping cost calculation | x | x | |
| Setup an image per item | 20 | 20 | |
| Define a reduced image per item | 20 | 20 | |
| Include an icon per item | 20 | 20 | |
| Define a text per item | 20 | 20 | |
| Include an external file per item with the possibility to set up a secure link to deliver downloadable data | 20 | 20 | |
| Import/export with XML format or tab-delimited text format | x | x | |
| Customer Management for each Store | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Import/export with XML and tab-delimited text format | x | x | |
| Graphical and Intuitive editing interface | x | x | |
| Custumizable Web input form | x | x | |
| “Radiated customer” Option | x | x | |
| Main address | x | x | |
| Delivery address | x | x | |
| Invoice address | x | x | |
| Full address details, (street name and number, building, floor, etc), Zip code, City, State, Country, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address. | x | x | |
| Sort by Customer's branch of industry | x | x | |
| Sort by customer categories | x | x | |
| Reduction rate by category, or by customer | 5 | 5 | |
| Intracommunity VAT number (Europe) with automatic check up for each customer | x | x | |
| Tax exemption per tax category per customer | 5 maximum | 5 maximum | |
| Tax exemption based on a particular tax rule per customer | x | x | |
| Deadline for tax exemption per customer | x | x | |
| Additional free-entry fields per customer (alphanumerical, Boolean, numerical) | 5 | 5 | |
| Additional text fields (32,000 characters) per customer | 3 | 3 | |
| Management of credit card and bank-related data protected by an RSA key per customer | x | x | |
| List of behavior rules with order counter per customer | x | x | |
| Consult gift wish lists | x | x | |
| Order Management | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| E-mail order confirmation to each customer | x | x | |
| E-mail order alert to the merchant | x | x | |
| Data stored for each order | x | x | |
| Management of partial orders | x | x | |
| Management of outstanding order items | x | x | |
| Order follow-up | x | x | |
| Print Orders | x | x | |
| Display sales statistics in real-time | x | x | |
| Management of order transportation and forwarding costs | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Number of forwarding modes | unlimited | unlimited | |
| Import/export Capabilities | x | x | |
| Multilingual Comments per Store | 4 | 4 | |
| Assisted translation | x | x | |
| Customizable Tax Categories | x | x | |
| Application Criteria (Country of Destination, State, Zip Code, City) | x | x | |
| Customization of calculation rules based on the number of items, total weight, total price or other criteria | x | x | |
| Tax Management | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Number of tax categories | unlimited | unlimited | |
| Import/export Capabilities | x | x | |
| Number of tax categories and VAT rates per tax type | 5 | 5 | |
| Set up a default tax for unidentified customers | x | x | |
| Management of the EEC VAT mechanism (Europe) | x | x | |
| Application Criteria (Country of Destination, State, Zip Code, City) | x | x | |
| Management of the integrated synchronization module | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Store transactions secured by an RSA key | x | x | x |
| Traffic statistics linked to synchronization | x | x | x |
| Full synchronization | x | x | x |
| Incremental synchronization | x | x | x |
| Use of HTTP protocol | x | x | x |
| Synchronization log | x | x | x |
| Creation of a temporary host account for testing | x | x | |
| Payment Management | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| SSL Protocol | x | x | x |
| Off-line payment (credit card, check or any other means) | x | x | x |
| On-line payment by credit card without financial third-party. | x | x | x |
| On-line payment by credit card through a financial organization. | x | x | |
| Secure Data and Exchange Transactions | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Graphical and intuitive assistant for SSL certificate | x | x | x |
| Management of client–server data exchanges via SSL protocol | x | x | x |
| Graphical interface for an easy selection of the encoding key (0 to 1024 bits) | x | x | |
| Management of credit card and bank related data protected by an RSA key per customer | x | x | x |
| Web Server Administration | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Real-time display of the general activity level | x | x | x |
| Activity log showing daily sessions per store (number of single users, pages viewed, subjects, volume of data transferred and CPU time used) | x | x | x |
| Connection log with session details (beginning & end of session, IP address, browser, URL of origin “REFERER”, entry point, number of pages viewed, etc.) | x | x | x |
| Request log (CLF) and filing | x | x | x |
| Monthly and annual statistics (number of sessions, pages viewed, hits, volume transferred, CPU times, etc.) | x | x | x |
| Management of outgoing messages | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| MTP server with or without authentification | x | x | x |
| Setup of SMTP port | x | x | x |
| Programmed messages (4DBK Mail command) | x | x | x |
| Manual sending of order confirmations | x | x | |
| Programmed Message to a list of customers (promotional mailing) | x | x | |
| Automatically resend e-mails in case of failure | x | x | x |
| Control of the messages sent by 4DBK Hoster server (status, sending date and time, failure time) and automatic restart | x | x | |
| SMTP session log | x | x | x |
| Sent message log | x | x | x |
| Management of behaviour rules | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Number of Rules per Store | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Graphical and Intuitive editing interface | x | x | |
| Rule descriptions in four languages | x | x | |
| Automatic count management | x | x | |
| Rules applied to items or shipping expenses | x | x | |
| Action (add new item, apply discount or specific price) | x | x | |
| Action 2 (Definition of a shipping mode) | x | x | |
| Conditions based on a formula to be checked | x | x | |
| Conditions based on geographical area (Country, State, Zip Code, City) | x | x | |
| Conditions based on specific lists of customers | x | x | |
| Conditions based on the type of customer | x | x | |
| Conditions based on a time period (from, for a given period) | x | x | |
| Conditions based on a list of promotional coupons | x | x | |
| Setup of the order in which to process behavior rules | x | x | |
| Check the rules to be applied per customer. | x | x | |
| Promotional coupon management | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Number of coupons per store | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Graphical and intuitive editing interface | x | x | |
| Automatic generator of coupon code | x | x | |
| Manual generator of coupon code | x | x | |
| Simplified Import/export in text format | x | x | |
| Gift Certificate Management | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Numbers of Gift Certificates per Store | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Import/export | x | x | |
| Automatic generator of unique code numbers for Gift Certificates | x | x | |
| Automated management of the remaining credit amount | |||
| Full customization of the Web interface | x | x | |
| Wish List Management | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Number of wish lists per store | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Lists modifiable directly by the customers | x | x | x |
| Import/export Capabilities | x | x | |
| Automatic count of items in cart | x | x | |
| Full customization of the Web interface | x | x | |
| Reference on Web search engines | 4DBK Merchant | 4DBK Designer | 4DBK Hoster |
| Automatic robot detection | x | x | x |
| URL (alias) shortcut management | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Setup of robots.txt file per store | x | x | x |
| Dynamic referencing by daily creation of product lists in HTML or XML format (Example: LeGuide.com, Froogle, etc.) | x | x | x |