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

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

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  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 GreenplumRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score0.58
Rank#244  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#115  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlpinot.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryquestdb.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.pinot.apache.orgquestdb.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupApache Software Foundation and contributorsAtos Convergence CreatorsQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release19842016201520162014
Current releasev20, April 20231.0.0, September 20231703
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalyes
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.yesyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like query languagenoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
JDBCLDAPHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
Go
Java
Python
All languages with LDAP bindingsC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnono
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioningSharding infocell divisionhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardLDAP bind authentication
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBApache PinotAtos Standard Common RepositoryQuestDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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