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DBMS > 4D vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. QuestDB vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. QuestDB vs. STSdb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverquestdb.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverquestdb.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncMicrosoftQuestDB Technology IncSTS Soft SC
Initial release19842014198920142011
Current releasev20, April 2023SQL Server 2022, November 20224.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC#
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.NET Client API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javanono
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionLokiJSMicrosoft SQL ServerQuestDBSTSdb
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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