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DBMS > 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Kdb vs. QuestDB vs. Riak KV

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Kdb vs. QuestDB vs. Riak KV

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  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 networksHigh performance Time Series DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataDistributed, fault tolerant key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexes
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#115  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score4.44
Rank#80  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorykx.comquestdb.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comcode.kx.comquestdb.io/­docswww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latest
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcQuestDB Technology IncOpenSource, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release198420162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142009
Current releasev20, April 202317033.6, May 20183.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise edition
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustErlang
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyesno
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.yesyesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'norestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like query language (q)SQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAPHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsnoErlang
Triggersyesyesyes infowith viewsnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionhorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono infolinks between data sets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID for single-table writesno
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.noyesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationrights management via user accountsyes, using Riak Security
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAtos Standard Common RepositoryKdbQuestDBRiak KV
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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