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

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

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document Database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time 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
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasequasar.airavendb.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9doc.quasar.ai/­masterravendb.net/­docs
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)quasardbHibernating Rhinos
Initial release19842014199120092010
Current releasev20, April 20235.73.14.1, January 20245.4, July 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C#
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptionalyes infointeger and binaryno
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infowith tagsyes
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 BASICSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (RQL)
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
HTTP API.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScript.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesnoyes
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integrationyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAuthorization levels configured per client per database

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