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DBMS > 4D vs. NSDb vs. SQL.JS vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. NSDb vs. SQL.JS vs. STSdb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesPort of SQLite to JavaScriptKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comnsdb.iosql.js.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comnsdb.io/­Architecturesql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
Developer4D, IncAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSTS Soft SC
Initial release1984201720122011
Current releasev20, April 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ScalaJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyesyes 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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languageyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
JavaScript API.NET Client API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Scala
JavaScriptC#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesUsing Apache Luceneno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
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 groupsnono

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