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DBMS > 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. AllegroGraph vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Dgraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. AllegroGraph vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Dgraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.High performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#187  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardballegrograph.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorydgraph.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmldgraph.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncAlibabaFranz Inc.Atos Convergence CreatorsDgraph Labs, Inc.
Initial release1984200420162016
Current releasev20, April 20238.0, December 20231703
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaGo
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF schemasSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalyes
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.yesyesno infobulk load of XML files possibleyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSPARQL is used as query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
LDAPGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Python
C#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
All languages with LDAP bindingsC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes infoJavaScript or Common Lispnono
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicewith FederationSharding infocell divisionyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesSynchronous replication via Raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationLDAP bind authenticationno infoPlanned for future releases
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlibaba Cloud PolarDBAllegroGraphAtos Standard Common RepositoryDgraph
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