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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. OpenSearch vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. OpenSearch vs. TDengine

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  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 distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Search engineTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score16.03
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdruid.apache.orggithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
github.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designopensearch.org/­docs/­latestdocs.tdengine.com
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation and contributorsAmazon Web ServicesTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release1984201220212019
Current releasev20, April 202329.0.1, April 20242.5.0, January 20233.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL for queryingSQL-like query languageStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesno
Triggersyesnoyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
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 groupsRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemyes
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache DruidOpenSearchTDengine
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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