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DBMS > 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. Cachelot.io vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. Cachelot.io vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. PostGIS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLIn-memory caching systemA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilitySpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.combitnine.net/­agensgraphcachelot.iowww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irispostgis.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combitnine.net/­documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clspostgis.net/­documentation
Developer4D, IncBitnine Global Inc.InterSystems
Initial release19842016201520182005
Current releasev20, April 20232.1, December 20182023.3, June 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoSimplified BSD LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++C
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freedepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.yesnonoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
Memcached protocolJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAgensGraphCachelot.ioInterSystems IRISPostGIS
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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