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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. jBASE vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. jBASE vs. Quasardb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgdruid.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasequasar.ai
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9doc.quasar.ai/­master
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributorsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)quasardb
Initial release19842014201219912009
Current releasev20, April 202329.0.1, April 20245.73.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Unix
AIX
Linux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesoptionalyes infointeger and binary
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.yesnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL for queryingEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyesno
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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