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DBMS > 4D vs. Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. YottaDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#309  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comquasar.aiquestdb.ioyottadb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdoc.quasar.ai/­masterquestdb.io/­docsyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
Developer4D, IncquasardbQuestDB Technology IncYottaDB, LLC
Initial release1984200920142001
Current releasev20, April 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binaryyesno
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 tagsnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID for single-table writesoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTransient modeyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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