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

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

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  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 GreenplumHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSVector 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
Score2.48
Rank#115  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score1.89
Rank#138  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryquestdb.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewquestdb.io/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Developer4D, IncAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupAtos Convergence CreatorsQuestDB Technology IncWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19842016201620142019
Current releasev20, April 202317031.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustGo
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references
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.yesyesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnoSQL with time-series extensionsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
LDAPHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
All languages with LDAP bindingsC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnonono
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infocell divisionhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID for single-table writesno
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.nonoyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardLDAP bind authenticationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBAtos Standard Common RepositoryQuestDBWeaviate
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsAs of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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