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DBMS > 4D vs. EXASOL vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. EXASOL vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. QuestDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#138  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.exasol.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasequestdb.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.exasol.com/­resourcesfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasequestdb.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncExasolGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release1984200020122014
Current releasev20, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Lua
Python
R
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionslimited functionality with using 'rules'no
TriggersyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesACID for single-table writes
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.noyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rules
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionEXASOLFirebase Realtime DatabaseQuestDB
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