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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Cassandra vs. Blazegraph vs. jBASE vs. Kdb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Relational DBMS
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.74
Rank#217  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score1.36
Rank#157  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comcassandra.apache.orgblazegraph.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasekx.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestwiki.blazegraph.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9code.kx.com
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookBlazegraphRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release19842008200619912000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current releasev20, April 20235.0-rc1, July 20242.1.5, March 20195.73.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaq
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoRDF literal typesoptionalyes
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.yesnoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)SPARQL is used as query languageEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyesyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in Graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDno
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)Access rights can be defined down to the item levelrights management via user accounts
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache CassandraBlazegraphjBASEKdb
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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tick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricsApache Cassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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