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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BoltDB vs. GridDB vs. KeyDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn embedded key-value store for Go.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataAn ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocols
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#229  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgriddb.netgithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.griddb.netdocs.keydb.dev
Developer4D, IncToshiba CorporationEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.
Initial release1984201320132019
Current releasev20, April 20235.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoBSD-3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestamppartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infoby using the Redis Search module
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)no
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization Protoco
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
GoC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoLua
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACID at container levelOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scripts
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logs
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 groupsnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databasesimple password-based access control and ACL
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionBoltDBGridDBKeyDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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