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

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  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 stackMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeTime Series DBMS and big data platformA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.25
Rank#170  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comkylin.apache.orgwww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
github.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comkylin.apache.org/­docsdocs.singlestore.comdocs.tdengine.com
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncSingleStore Inc.TDEngine, previously Taos Data8Kdata
Initial release19842015201320192016
Current releasev20, April 20233.1.0, July 20208.5, January 20243.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree developer edition 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++, GoCJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Windows
All 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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)yes infobut no triggers and foreign keysStandard 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
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesno
Triggersyesnoyes, via alarm monitoringno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infohash partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yesyes
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 control via users, groups and rolesyesAccess rights for users and roles
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache KylinSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTDengineToroDB
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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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 modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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