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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Altibase vs. Cassandra vs. GreptimeDB vs. searchxml

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitewww.4d.comaltibase.comcassandra.apache.orggreptime.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualscassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.greptime.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
Developer4D, IncAltibaseApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookGreptime Inc.informationpartners gmbh
Initial release19841999200820222015
Current releasev20, April 2023v7.3, 2023, August 20234.1.3, July 20231.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaRustC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
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.yesnononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL-92SQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsnoPythonyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"Shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsmultiple readers, single writer
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSimple rights management via user accountsDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAltibaseCassandraGreptimeDBsearchxml
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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