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DBMS > 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. Datomic vs. openGauss

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. Datomic vs. openGauss

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  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 enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by Huawei
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.combitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.datomic.comgitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combitnine.net/­documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
Developer4D, IncBitnine Global Inc.CognitectHuawei and openGauss community
Initial release1984201620122019
Current releasev20, April 20232.1, December 20181.0.6735, June 20233.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJava, ClojureC, C++, Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnoANSI SQL 2011
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
Clojure
Java
C
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes infoTransaction Functionsyes
TriggersyesnoBy using transaction functionsyes
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 peershorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
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 persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
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 developmentno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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