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DBMS > 4D vs. Databricks vs. HyperSQL vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Databricks vs. HyperSQL vs. SwayDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score84.24
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score3.14
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.databricks.comhsqldb.orgswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.databricks.comhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.html
Developer4D, IncDatabricksSimer Plaha
Initial release1984201320012018
Current releasev20, April 20232.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScala
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92with Databricks SQLyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Python
R
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions and aggregatesJava, SQLno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDAtomic execution of operations
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionDatabricksHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBSwayDB
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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