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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. GBase vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. GBase vs. Rockset

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgwww.datomic.comwww.gbase.cnrockset.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comdocs.rockset.com
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Rockset
Initial release19842014201220042019
Current releasev20, April 20231.0.6735, June 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureC, Java, PythonC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinuxhosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noStandard with numerous extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptClojure
Java
C#Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functionsno
TriggersyesyesBy using transaction functionsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes inforecommended only for testing and development
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnonoyesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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