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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. jBASE vs. SiteWhere vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. jBASE vs. SiteWhere vs. SQL.JS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdrill.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewheresql.js.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9sitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)SiteWhereAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release19842012199120102012
Current releasev20, April 20231.20.3, January 20235.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freepredefined schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes
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.yesnoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP RESTJavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesselectable replication factor infobased on HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourceyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptno

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