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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. GBase vs. Ingres vs. QuestDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Well established RDBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.gbase.cnwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresquestdb.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.actian.com/­ingresquestdb.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Actian CorporationQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release1984201620041974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2014
Current releasev20, April 20231703GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c11.2, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC, Java, PythonCJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesno infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noStandard with numerous extensionsyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAPADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsC#C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyesIngres ReplicatorSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
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.noyesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAtos Standard Common RepositoryGBaseIngresQuestDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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