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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. TigerGraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Document storeGraph DBMS
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score4.49
Rank#79  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score1.83
Rank#141  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorycloud.google.com/­datastorewww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsdocs.tigergraph.com
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAtos Convergence CreatorsGoogle
Initial release19842014201620082017
Current releasev20, April 20231703
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxhostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptionalyes, details hereyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (GQL)SQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APILDAPgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptAll languages with LDAP bindings.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonousing Google App Engineyes
TriggersyesyesyesCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infocell divisionSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyesMulti-source replication using Paxos
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic execution of specific operationsACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoLDAP bind authenticationAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role-based access control

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