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DBMS > 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BaseX

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BaseX

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Native XML DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqldrill.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorybasex.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.basex.org
Developer4D, IncAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupApache Software FoundationAtos Convergence CreatorsBaseX GmbH
Initial release19842016201220162007
Current releasev20, April 20231.20.3, January 2023170310.7, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoBSD license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalno infoXQuery supports types
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.yesyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
LDAPJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
C++All languages with LDAP bindingsActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes infovia events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding infocell divisionnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoAtomic execution of specific operationsmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoDepending on the underlying data sourceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceLDAP bind authenticationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levels

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