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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Kylin vs. Galaxybase vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Kylin vs. Galaxybase vs. SQL.JS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
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, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph 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
Score1.14
Rank#171  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#246  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comkylin.apache.orggalaxybase.comsql.js.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comkylin.apache.org/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release1984201520172012
Current releasev20, April 20233.1.0, July 2020Nov 20, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesStrong typed schemayes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noyes 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
Browser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Java
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined procedures and functionsno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno 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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRole-based access controlno

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