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DBMS > 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. GigaSpaces vs. Interbase vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. GigaSpaces vs. Interbase vs. VelocityDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.4d.combitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.gigaspaces.comwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasevelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combitnine.net/­documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasevelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
Developer4D, IncBitnine Global Inc.Gigaspaces TechnologiesEmbarcaderoVelocityDB Inc
Initial release19842016200019842011
Current releasev20, April 20232.1, December 201815.5, September 2020InterBase 2020, December 20197.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJava, C++, .NetCC#
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
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.yesnono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatano infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageno
Triggersyesnoyes, event driven architectureyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Interbase Change Views
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
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.nonoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardBased on Windows Authentication

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