Editions
4WS.Platform is available in two editions: Community and Enterprise.
You can freely download the Community Edition and install it on one of the certified databases: Oracle, MySQL, SQLServer or PostreSQL. There are limits in the number of objects you can create in that edition.
The Enterprise Edition is available as a SaaS in the cloud, through the Google Cloud and it includes the access to a large amount of documentation and support.
Enterprise Edition
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4WS.Platform Community Edition is an open source product, based on the LGPL v2 open source licence, that allows you to use the product with open source projects as well as for commercial use. It contains a limit in the number of the objects you can create.
The Community Edition does not include any support, except for the one provided through this web site and the forums and blogs it includes.
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It is based on the Community Edition and it is provided as a Software As a Service on the Google Cloud Platform. In addition, it provides several extensions that require a commercial license.
- Guaranteed availability
- Call tracking and bug prioritization
- Bug fixing and service packs when needed
- Patch distribution
Features |
Community |
Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition of data models and relations |
✓max 10 objects |
✓ |
| Definition of business components used to fetch data |
✓max 10 business |
✓ |
| Definition of the application menu |
✓ |
✓ |
| Invocation of different features starting from a menu item |
✓ |
✓ |
| Definition of different types of panels |
✓max 30 panels |
✓ |
| Grid columns and input controls definition |
✓ |
✓ |
| Panels can be combined together in any way |
✓max 10 windows |
✓ |
| Custom extensions can be injected to components as well |
✓ |
✓ |
| Complex windows can be defined by combining not only interpreted components |
✓ |
✓ |
| Authorizations include a series of powerful features |
✓ |
✓ |
| Association between a user and a list of roles |
✓ |
✓ |
| At grid level, it is optionally possible to store a user profile |
✓ |
✓ |
| Multi-language support |
✓ |
✓ |
| Multi-database |
✓ max 1 additional |
Database included in SaaS Configuration |
| Authentication module based on the LDAP protocol |
✓ |
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| Authentication module based on the Google SSO |
✓ |
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| Scheduler |
✓ |
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| BPM integration |
✓ |
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| Docx template reporting |
✓ |
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| Integration with the Google Apps |
✓ |
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| Document Management |
✓ |
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| Mobile interpreter |
✓ |
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| No SQL Plugin for Google Datastore |
✓ |
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| No SQL Plugin for Mongo DB |
✓ |
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| Log & Diagnosis |
✓ |
✓ |
| Custom fields module |
✓ |
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| Life cycle management through Jira Software |
✓ |
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| High scalability through Platform for Google App Engine |
✓ |
