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DBMS > 4D vs. StarRocks vs. SwayDB vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. StarRocks vs. SwayDB vs. XTDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.95
Rank#193  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.13
Rank#330  Overall
#45  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.starrocks.ioswaydb.simer.augithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introwww.xtdb.com/­docs
Developer4D, IncThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023Simer PlahaJuxt Ltd.
Initial release1984202020182019
Current releasev20, April 20233.3, June 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaScalaClojure
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
MySQL protocol
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaJava
Kotlin
Scala
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)nonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRole based access control and fine grained access rightsno

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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionStarRocksSwayDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
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