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DBMS > 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. Apache Druid vs. Kdb vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. Apache Druid vs. Kdb vs. TerminusDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.combitnine.net/­agensgraphdruid.apache.orgkx.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combitnine.net/­documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designcode.kx.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
Developer4D, IncBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software Foundation and contributorsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release1984201620122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032018
Current releasev20, April 20232.1, December 201829.0.1, April 20243.6, May 201811.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache license v2commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaqProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL for queryingSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesnonoyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneno, but can be realized using table inheritanceSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedhorizontal partitioningGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
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 infoin-memory journaling
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 groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemrights management via user accountsRole-based access control
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAgensGraphApache DruidKdbTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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