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DBMS > 4D vs. CockroachDB vs. Coveo vs. Drizzle

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. CockroachDB vs. Coveo vs. Drizzle

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.AI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#116  Overall
#11  Search engines
Websitewww.4d.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.coveo.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.coveo.com
Developer4D, IncCockroach LabsCoveoDrizzle project, originally started by Brian Aker
Initial release1984201520122008
Current releasev20, April 202324.1.0, May 20247.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageGoC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesdynamic schemahybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C++
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnoyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication using RAFTyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRole-based access controlgranular access controls, API key management, content filtersPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTP

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