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DBMS > 4D vs. BigObject vs. EXASOL vs. NCache vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BigObject vs. EXASOL vs. NCache vs. SwayDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.combigobject.iowww.exasol.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.bigobject.iowww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
Developer4D, IncBigObject, Inc.ExasolAlachisoftSimer Plaha
Initial release19842015200020052018
Current releasev20, April 20235.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaScala
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counterno
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 indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Lua
Python
R
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesLuauser defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoHadoop integrationyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
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.noyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionBigObjectEXASOLNCacheSwayDB
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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