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DBMS > 4D vs. Pinecone vs. Quasardb vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Pinecone vs. Quasardb vs. ToroDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA managed, cloud-native vector databaseDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.pinecone.ioquasar.aigithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewdoc.quasar.ai/­master
Developer4D, IncPinecone Systems, Incquasardb8Kdata
Initial release1984201920092016
Current releasev20, April 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Booleanyes infointeger and binaryyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Python.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights for users and roles

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