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DBMS > 4D vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. GreptimeDB vs. Machbase Neo vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. GreptimeDB vs. Machbase Neo vs. ScyllaDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonCloudflare Workers KV  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA global, low-latency, key-value store for applications on Cloudflare with exceptionally high read volumes and low-latency.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.39
Rank#274  Overall
#39  Key-value stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.cloudflare.com/­developer-platform/­workers-kvgreptime.commachbase.comwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdevelopers.cloudflare.com/­kv/­apidocs.greptime.commachbase.com/­dbmsdocs.scylladb.com
Developer4D, IncCloudflareGreptime Inc.MachbaseScyllaDB
Initial release19842018202220132015
Current releasev20, April 2023V8.0, August 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageRustCC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP REST
Proprietary protocol
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Dart
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Rust
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoPythonnoyes, Lua
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infovolatile and lookup tableyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsSimple rights management via user accountssimple password-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per object
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionCloudflare Workers KVGreptimeDBMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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ScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Highly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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ScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Discord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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ScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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ScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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