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DBMS > 4D vs. Greenplum vs. Quasardb vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Greenplum vs. Quasardb vs. SQL.JS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Distributed, high-performance timeseries databasePort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgreenplum.orgquasar.aisql.js.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.greenplum.orgdoc.quasar.ai/­mastersql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
Developer4D, IncPivotal Software Inc.quasardbAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release1984200520092012
Current releasev20, April 20237.0.0, September 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.yesyes infosince Version 4.2nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like query languageyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyeswith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDBno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailno

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