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DBMS > 4D vs. Adabas vs. AgensGraph vs. HyperSQL vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Adabas vs. AgensGraph vs. HyperSQL vs. Rockset

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlbitnine.net/­agensgraphhsqldb.orgrockset.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combitnine.net/­documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.rockset.com
Developer4D, IncSoftware AGBitnine Global Inc.Rockset
Initial release19841971201620012019
Current releasev20, April 20232.1, December 20182.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infobased on BSD licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageCJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modeshosted
Data schemeyesyesdepending on used data modelyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesdynamic typing
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.yesnononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayyesyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
NaturalC
Java
JavaScript
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin NaturalyesJava, SQLno
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistano, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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