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DBMS > 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud Log Service vs. CockroachDB vs. dBASE vs. Interbase

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud Log Service vs. CockroachDB vs. dBASE vs. Interbase

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud Log Service  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  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.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.dBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from Borland
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#265  Overall
#18  Search engines
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­log-servicewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.dbase.comwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­slswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
Developer4D, IncAlibabaCloud Inc.Cockroach LabsAsthon TateEmbarcadero
Initial release19842016201519791984
Current releasev20, April 202323.1.1, May 2023dBASE 2019, 2019InterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freedynamic schemayesyes
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.yesnonono infoexport as XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL for queryingyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP RESTJDBCnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes infoInterbase procedure and trigger language
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication3 replicasMulti-source replication using RAFTnoneInterbase Change Views
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoES-Hadoop Connectornonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny control
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAlibaba Cloud user access controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlibaba Cloud Log ServiceCockroachDBdBASEInterbase
Specific characteristicsA real-time service for telementry data (log, metric, trace). Alibaba Cloud Log Service...
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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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Key customers* Alibaba & Ant-Financeļ¼šhe 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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