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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. OpenQM vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. OpenQM vs. SwayDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comdrill.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdrill.apache.org/­docs
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSimer Plaha
Initial release1984201219932018
Current releasev20, April 20231.20.3, January 20233.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScala
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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