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DBMS > 4D vs. Raima Database Manager vs. SiteWhere vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Raima Database Manager vs. SiteWhere vs. TDengine

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#268  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#347  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#107  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comraima.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewheregithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.raima.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmldocs.tdengine.com
Developer4D, IncRaima Inc.SiteWhereTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release1984198420102019
Current releasev20, April 202315, June 20213.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyespredefined schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesno infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnoStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTJDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationno
Triggersyesyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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 groupsnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyes
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaSiteWhereTDengine
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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TDengine™ is a time-series database designed to help traditional industries overcome...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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High Performance at Any Scale: With its distributed scalable architecture that grows...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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TDengine is purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and particularly...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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TDengine has garnered over 23,000 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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TDengine OSS is free, open-source software released under the AGPLv3. TDengine Enterprise...
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