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DBMS > 4D vs. Drizzle vs. EJDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. InfluxDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Drizzle vs. EJDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. InfluxDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  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 systemMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsDBMS for storing time series, events and metrics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Spatial DBMS infowith GEO package
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.gigaspaces.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overview
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdb
Developer4D, IncDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerSoftmotionsGigaspaces Technologies
Initial release19842008201220002013
Current releasev20, April 20237.2.4, September 201215.5, September 20202.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CJava, C++, .NetGo
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
server-lessLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesNumeric data and Strings
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatano
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infowith proprietary extensionsnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCin-process shared libraryGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
PHP
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyesno
Triggersyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyes, event driven architectureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANY
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnoRole-based access controlsimple rights management via user accounts
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionDrizzleEJDBGigaSpacesInfluxDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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