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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud MaxCompute  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryMaxCompute (previously known as ODPS) is a general purpose, fully managed, multi-tenancy data processing platform for large-scale data warehousing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infoa graph-processing framework is available with the graphs being stored in tables
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.13
Rank#114  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.41
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#200  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­maxcompute
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­maxcompute
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibaba
Initial release198420142016
Current releasev20, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIFluentd
Flume
MaxCompute Console
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions infoin Java
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights for users and roles

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