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DBMS > 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. Datomic vs. Memgraph vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. Datomic vs. Memgraph vs. XTDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.combitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.datomic.commemgraph.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combitnine.net/­documentationdocs.datomic.commemgraph.com/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
Developer4D, IncBitnine Global Inc.CognitectMemgraph LtdJuxt Ltd.
Initial release19842016201220172019
Current releasev20, April 20232.1, December 20181.0.6735, June 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJava, ClojureC and C++Clojure
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnonolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
RESTful HTTP APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
Clojure
Java
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes infoTransaction Functionsno
TriggersyesnoBy using transaction functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneno, but can be realized using table inheritancenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication using RAFTyes, each node contains all data
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 integrityyesyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers, roles and permissions
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAgensGraphDatomicMemgraphXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Licensing and pricing modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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