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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Kylin vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. StarRocks vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Kylin vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. StarRocks vs. ToroDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  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 stackSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comkylin.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.starrocks.iogithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comkylin.apache.org/­docslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncMicrosoftThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 20238Kdata
Initial release19842015201520202016
Current releasev20, April 20233.1.0, July 2020V12.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxhostedLinuxAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes 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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyes infousing Azure authenticationRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAccess rights for users and roles

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