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DBMS > 4D vs. Amazon DynamoDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. KeyDB vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Amazon DynamoDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. KeyDB vs. QuestDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon DynamoDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHosted, scalable database service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksAn ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document store
Key-value store
Key-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.80
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score77.72
Rank#16  Overall
#2  Document stores
#2  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#205  Overall
#30  Key-value stores
Score2.69
Rank#115  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaws.amazon.com/­dynamodbatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorygithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
questdb.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.aws.amazon.com/­dynamodbdocs.keydb.devquestdb.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncAmazonAtos Convergence CreatorsEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release19842012201620192014
Current releasev20, April 20231703
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree tier for a limited amount of database operationscommercialOpen Source infoBSD-3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalpartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyes
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nononoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
RESTful HTTP APILDAPProprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
ColdFusion
Erlang
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages with LDAP bindingsC
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoLuano
Triggersyesyes infoby integration with AWS Lambdayesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infocell divisionShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoACID across one or more tables within a single AWS account and regionAtomic execution of specific operationsOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)LDAP bind authenticationsimple password-based access control and ACL
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAmazon DynamoDBAtos Standard Common RepositoryKeyDBQuestDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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