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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Apache Kylin vs. Manticore Search vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Apache Kylin vs. Manticore Search vs. RDFox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgkylin.apache.orgmanticoresearch.comwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlkylin.apache.org/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.comdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncManticore SoftwareOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release19842014201520172017
Current releasev20, April 20233.1.0, July 20206.0, February 20236.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesFixed schemayes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.yesnonoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnonoRoles, resources, and access types

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