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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. DolphinDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.14
Rank#115  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score3.88
Rank#99  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.dolphindb.com
Technical documentationlivedoc.4d.comwww.dolphindb.com/­help
Developer4D, IncDolphinDB, Inc
Initial release19842018
Current releasev18 R5, January 2021v2.00.4, January 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAdministrators, Users, Groups

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