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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Kylin vs. Axibase vs. Derby vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Kylin vs. Axibase vs. Derby vs. ToroDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comkylin.apache.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financedb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comkylin.apache.org/­docsdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.html
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncAxibase CorporationApache Software Foundation8Kdata
Initial release19842015201319972016
Current releasev20, April 20233.1.0, July 20201558510.17.1.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.yesnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles

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