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DBMS > 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. ArcadeDB vs. EJDB vs. Fauna

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. ArcadeDB vs. EJDB vs. Fauna

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Fauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Document storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#358  Overall
#48  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#52  Key-value stores
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.combitnine.net/­agensgrapharcadedb.comgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbfauna.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combitnine.net/­documentationdocs.arcadedb.comgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.fauna.com
Developer4D, IncBitnine Global Inc.Arcade DataSoftmotionsFauna, Inc.
Initial release19842016202120122014
Current releasev20, April 20232.1, December 2018September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageCJavaCScala
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-lesshosted
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idno
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 indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like query language, no joinsnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
in-process shared libraryRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnouser defined functions
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonehorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes inforelationship in graphsno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyes
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoIdentity management, authentication, and access control

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