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DBMS > 4D vs. jBASE vs. Kingbase vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. jBASE vs. Kingbase vs. Rockset

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.kingbase.com.cnrockset.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.rockset.com
Developer4D, IncRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)BeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Rockset
Initial release1984199119992019
Current releasev20, April 20235.7V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC and JavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesdynamic typing
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.yesyesyesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICStandard with numerous extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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