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DBMS > 4D vs. LokiJS vs. Rockset vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. LokiJS vs. Rockset vs. SiteWhere

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSrockset.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.rockset.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
Developer4D, IncRocksetSiteWhere
Initial release1984201420192010
Current releasev20, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnodynamic typingyes
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.yesnono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIHTTP RESTHTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneAutomatic shardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyesselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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