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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. Ehcache vs. Rockset vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. Ehcache vs. Rockset vs. SwayDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comdruid.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orgrockset.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.rockset.com
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation and contributorsTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGRocksetSimer Plaha
Initial release19842012200920192018
Current releasev20, April 202329.0.1, April 20243.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++Scala
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typingno
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.yesnonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL for queryingnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JCacheHTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
JavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononono
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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