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DBMS > 4D vs. Qdrant vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Qdrant vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.28
Rank#167  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
spark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comqdrant.tech/­documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
Developer4D, IncQdrantApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SC
Initial release1984202120142011
Current releasev20, April 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageRustScalaC#
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyesyes 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 indexesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationCollection-level replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsKey-based authenticationnono

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