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DBMS > 4D vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. jBASE vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. jBASE vs. TerminusDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Document store
RDF store
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.82
Rank#65  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score1.36
Rank#157  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.datastax.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9terminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
Developer4D, IncDataStaxRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release1984201119912018
Current releasev20, April 20236.8, April 20205.711.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyes
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyesJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole-based access control
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionDatastax EnterprisejBASETerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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