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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. AnzoGraph DB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. AnzoGraph DB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#303  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlcambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htm
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupCambridge Semantics
Initial release1984201420162018
Current releasev20, April 20232.3, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Apache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesuser defined functions and aggregates
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication in MPP-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoKerberos/HDFS data loading
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in MPP-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno infonot needed in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles

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