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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. Netezza vs. Sadas Engine vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. Netezza vs. Sadas Engine vs. SQL.JS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  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 dataData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score7.56
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#159  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#246  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdruid.apache.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzawww.sadasengine.comsql.js.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation and contributorsIBMSADAS s.r.l.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release19842012200020062012
Current releasev20, April 202330.0.0, June 20248.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialcommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Linux infoincluded in applianceAIX
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL for queryingyesyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesnono
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesno 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.nonoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno

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