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DBMS > 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Badger vs. GigaSpaces vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Badger vs. GigaSpaces vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonBadger  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.An embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeGraph DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#331  Overall
#49  Key-value stores
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlgithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.gigaspaces.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
Developer4D, IncAlibabaDGraph LabsGigaspaces TechnologiesMicrosoft
Initial release1984201720002015
Current releasev20, April 202315.5, September 2020V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageGoJava, C++, .Net
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.yesyesnono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatano
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
Java
PHP
Python
Go.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoyesno
Triggersyesyesnoyes, event driven architectureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoRole-based access controlyes infousing Azure authentication
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLBadgerGigaSpacesMicrosoft Azure AI Search
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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