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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. RisingWave vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. RisingWave vs. TerminusDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score0.61
Rank#237  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.risingwave.com/­databaseterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRisingWave LabsDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release19842014201420222018
Current releasev20, April 20231.2, September 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptRustProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoStandard SQL-types and JSONyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIJavaScript APIJDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoView functions in JavaScriptUDFs in Python or Javayes
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnonoUsers and RolesRole-based access control

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