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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. Drizzle vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. Drizzle vs. jBASE

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgwww.databricks.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.databricks.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDatabricksDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release19842014201320081991
Current releasev20, April 20237.2.4, September 20125.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesoptional
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.yesnoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.with Databricks SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptPython
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions and aggregatesnoyes
Triggersyesyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
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 groupsnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlaSQLDatabricksDrizzlejBASE
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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