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DBMS > 4D vs. jBASE vs. Rockset vs. SiteWhere vs. Stardog

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. jBASE vs. Rockset vs. SiteWhere vs. Stardog

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score2.07
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaserockset.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherewww.stardog.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.rockset.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmldocs.stardog.com
Developer4D, IncRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)RocksetSiteWhereStardog-Union
Initial release19841991201920102010
Current releasev20, April 20235.77.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0commercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freepredefined schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionaldynamic typingyesyes
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.yesyesno infoingestion from XML files supportednono infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexednoyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsnoYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP RESTHTTP RESTGraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyesyesnoyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic shardingSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyesselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users and roles

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