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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. Qdrant vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. Qdrant vs. Quasardb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSVector 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
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.28
Rank#167  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
quasar.ai
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9qdrant.tech/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­master
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Qdrantquasardb
Initial release19842014199120212009
Current releasev20, April 20235.73.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial 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 languageJavaScriptRustC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptionalNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyes 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.yesnoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScript.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyesCollection-level replicationSource-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 ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID
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.noyesyesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelKey-based authenticationCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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