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DBMS > 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. TigerGraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  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 systemA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Schema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Graph DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbdrill.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.tigergraph.com
Developer4D, IncAlibabaApache Software FoundationAtos Convergence Creators
Initial release1984201220162017
Current releasev20, April 20231.20.3, January 20231703
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyes
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.yesyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
LDAPGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Python
C++All languages with LDAP bindingsC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding infocell division
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceLDAP bind authenticationRole-based access control
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlibaba Cloud PolarDBApache DrillAtos Standard Common RepositoryTigerGraph
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