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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Doris vs. Drizzle vs. Firebase Realtime Database

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Doris vs. Drizzle vs. Firebase Realtime Database

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#247  Overall
#113  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comdoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
firebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-database
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikifirebase.google.com/­docs/­database
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014
Initial release1984201720082012
Current releasev20, April 20231.2.2, February 20237.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU GPLcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesyes infowith proprietary extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
MySQL client
JDBCAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaC
C++
Java
PHP
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnolimited functionality with using 'rules'
Triggersyesnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.Callbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes, based on authentication and database rules

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