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DBMS > 4D vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. mSQL

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. mSQL

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkEnterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.85
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#285  Overall
#129  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchiotdb.apache.orgwww.postgresql.fastware.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manuals
Developer4D, IncAmazonApache Software FoundationPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyHughes Technologies
Initial release1984201220181994
Current releasev20, April 20231.1.0, April 2023Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20224.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaCC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like query languageyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP APIJDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredhorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)partitioning by range, list and by hashnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infomanaged transparently by AWSselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)no
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsauthentication via encrypted signaturesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAmazon CloudSearchApache IoTDBFujitsu Enterprise PostgresmSQL infoMini SQL
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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Market metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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