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DBMS > 4D vs. Cachelot.io vs. LokiJS vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Cachelot.io vs. LokiJS vs. SiteWhere

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemIn-memory caching systemIn-memory JavaScript DBMSM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#347  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comcachelot.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
Developer4D, IncSiteWhere
Initial release1984201520142010
Current releasev20, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyes
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 indexesyesnoyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Memcached protocolJavaScript APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnonoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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