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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Axibase vs. eXtremeDB vs. Firebolt vs. mSQL

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhousemSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#100  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#148  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Score1.26
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.mcobject.comwww.firebolt.iohughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.firebolt.io
Developer4D, IncAxibase CorporationMcObjectFirebolt Analytics Inc.Hughes Technologies
Initial release19842013200120201994
Current releasev20, April 2023155858.2, 20214.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesyes
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.yesnono infosupport of XML interfaces availableno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languageyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesnono
Triggersyesyesyes infoby defining eventsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
depending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsno

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