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DBMS > 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. RethinkDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. RethinkDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. ScyllaDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumDBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score2.74
Rank#105  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlrethinkdb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewrethinkdb.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.scylladb.com
Developer4D, IncAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017SAP infoformerly SybaseScyllaDB
Initial release19842016200919922015
Current releasev20, April 20232.4.1, August 202017, July 2015ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometryyesyes
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.yesyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
C infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes, Lua
TriggersyesyesClient-side triggers through changefeedsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding inforange basednoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic single-document operationsACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCC basedyesyes
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.nononoyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousers and table-level permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBRethinkDBSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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