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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Kylin vs. GridDB vs. TDengine vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Kylin vs. GridDB vs. TDengine vs. ToroDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  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 in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataTime Series DBMS and big data platformA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comkylin.apache.orggriddb.netgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
github.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comkylin.apache.org/­docsdocs.griddb.netdocs.tdengine.com
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncToshiba CorporationTDEngine, previously Taos Data8Kdata
Initial release19842015201320192016
Current releasev20, April 20233.1.0, July 20205.1, August 20223.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++CJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes 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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)Standard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesyesyes, via alarm monitoringno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobs
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID at container levelno
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 groupsAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyesAccess rights for users and roles
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache KylinGridDBTDengineToroDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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