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DBMS > 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud Log Service vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Elasticsearch vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud Log Service vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Elasticsearch vs. OpenEdge

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud Log Service  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA complete real-time data logging service that supports collection, consumption, shipping, search, and analysis of logs.A cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.A distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#265  Overall
#18  Search engines
Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score135.35
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­log-servicewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbwww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­slswww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmldocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
Developer4D, IncAlibabaCloud Inc.AlibabaElasticProgress Software Corporation
Initial release1984201620101984
Current releasev20, April 20238.6, January 2023OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoElastic Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedhostedAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL for queryingyesSQL-like query languageyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Python
.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyesyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication3 replicasyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoES-Hadoop ConnectornoES-Hadoop Connectorno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID
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.nonoyesMemcached and Redis integrationno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAlibaba Cloud user access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlibaba Cloud Log ServiceAlibaba Cloud PolarDBElasticsearchOpenEdge
Specific characteristicsA real-time service for telementry data (log, metric, trace). Alibaba Cloud Log Service...
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PolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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Competitive advantages* Ease of use: Completes data collections from more than 30 data sources within five...
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Typical application scenarios* Log/Trace/Event Search & Analysis * Application Monitoring * Operation Analysis...
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Creating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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Key customers* Alibaba & Ant-Finance:he infrastructure service for the Corp * Over 22k Subscriber...
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Licensing and pricing modelsPay-As-You-Go https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/log-service/pricing
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Specification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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