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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. AllegroGraph vs. Dgraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score1.13
Rank#179  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.combitnine.net/­agensgraphallegrograph.comdgraph.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combitnine.net/­documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmldgraph.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncBitnine Global Inc.Franz Inc.Dgraph Labs, Inc.
Initial release1984201620042016
Current releasev20, April 20232.1, December 20188.0, December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCGo
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyes infoRDF schemasschema-free
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.yesnono infobulk load of XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSPARQL is used as query languageno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes infoJavaScript or Common Lispno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneno, but can be realized using table inheritancewith Federationyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Synchronous replication via Raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate 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 dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationno infoPlanned for future releases
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAgensGraphAllegroGraphDgraph
Specific characteristicsKnowledge Graph Platform Leader FedShard - Designed for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph...
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Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
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