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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. HBase vs. KairosDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. HBase vs. KairosDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comphoenix.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisehbase.apache.orggithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdb
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comphoenix.apache.orgdocs.datastax.comhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlkairosdb.github.io
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationDataStaxApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release19842014201120082013
Current releasev20, April 20235.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20196.8, April 20202.3.4, January 20211.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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 indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
configurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
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.noyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACsimple password-based access control
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache PhoenixDatastax EnterpriseHBaseKairosDB
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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