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DBMS > 4D vs. Altibase vs. Axibase vs. Realm vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Altibase vs. Axibase vs. Realm vs. TDengine

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaltibase.comaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financerealm.iogithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsrealm.io/­docsdocs.tdengine.com
Developer4D, IncAltibaseAxibase CorporationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019TDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release19841999201320142019
Current releasev20, April 2023v7.3, 2023, August 2023155853.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
LinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL-92SQL-like query languagenoStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyesyesyesyes infoChange Listenersyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesyes
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAltibaseAxibaseRealmTDengine
Specific characteristicsTDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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