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DBMS > 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. GBase vs. TigerGraph vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. GBase vs. TigerGraph vs. TimesTen

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeAn in-memory SQL relational database that delivers microsecond response and high throughput for OLTP applications. TimesTen can be deployed as a standalone database or as a cache to a backend Oracle database.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#320  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#173  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score1.44
Rank#152  Overall
#14  Graph DBMS
Score1.26
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.combitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.gbase.cnwww.tigergraph.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combitnine.net/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­timesten/­index.html
Developer4D, IncBitnine Global Inc.General Data Technology Co., Ltd.Oracle infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release19842016200420171998
Current releasev20, April 20232.1, December 2018GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8cRelease 22.1
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC, Java, PythonC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxIBM AIX Power PC 64-bit
Linux arm64
Linux x86-64
Solaris SPARC 64
Solaris SPARC/x86
Solaris x86-64
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language (GSQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Pro*C/C++ programming interfaces
SQL and PL/SQL via JDBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#C++
Java
C
C++
Java
Node.js
PL/SQL
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsyesPL/SQL
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneno, but can be realized using table inheritancehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
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-standardyesRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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