DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > 4D vs. AllegroGraph vs. Faircom EDGE vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AllegroGraph vs. Faircom EDGE vs. Pinecone

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGE  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSFairCom EDGE is an Industry 4.0 solution built to integrate, collect, aggregate and synchronize mission-critical data in edge computing environmentsA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Vector 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
Score1.06
Rank#187  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#368  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
#156  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#95  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comallegrograph.comwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-edgewww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmldocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-23d4f1fd-d213-f6d5-b92e-9b7475baa14e.htmldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
Developer4D, IncFranz Inc.FairCom CorporationPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release1984200419792019
Current releasev20, April 20238.0, December 2023V3, October 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageANSI C, C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Linux infoARM, x86
Raspbian
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF schemasFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL TypesString, Number, Boolean
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.yesno infobulk load of XML files possibleyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SPARQL is used as query languageyes infoANSI SQL queriesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
IoT Microservice layer
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
VB.Net
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoJavaScript or Common Lispyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonewith FederationFile partitioning infoCustomizable business rules for partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoSynchronous and asynchronous realtime replication based on transaction logs
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infowhen using SQL
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoacross SQL and NoSQLyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationFine grained user, group and file access rights managed across SQL (per ANSI standard) and NoSQL.
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAllegroGraphFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGEPinecone
Specific characteristicsKnowledge Graph Platform Leader FedShard - Designed for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph...
» more
Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
» more
News

How a Neuro-Symbolic AI Approach Can Improve Trust in AI Apps
23 May 2024

Can Neuro-Symbolic AI Solve AI’s Weaknesses?
17 April 2024

100 Companies That Matter in KM – Franz Inc.
3 April 2024

Exploring AllegroGraph v8 – Unleashing the Power of Neuro-Symbolic AI (Recorded Webinar)
9 February 2024

What is Neuro-Symbolic AI?
23 January 2024

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAllegroGraphFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGEPinecone
DB-Engines blog posts

MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis are the winners of the March ranking
2 March 2016, Paul Andlinger

show all

Vector databases
2 June 2023, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

Q&A: Can Neuro-Symbolic AI Solve AI’s Weaknesses?
8 April 2024, TDWI

AI predictions for 2024 unveil exciting technological horizons
21 November 2023, Wire19

Neuro-Symbolic AI: The Peak of Artificial Intelligence
16 November 2021, AiThority

The Foundation of Data Fabrics and AI: Semantic Knowledge Graphs - DataScienceCentral.com
19 May 2022, Data Science Central

Franz Releases the First Neuro-Symbolic AI Platform Merging Knowledge Graphs, Generative AI, and Vector Storage
11 December 2023, Datanami

provided by Google News

Innovative Software and Giant Lego Sets, Why FairCom Edge Booth is a Must-Visit at Automate
9 May 2024, MVPro

Data Technology Company FairCom Expands The Edge with 2 New Releases of its Edge Computing Products
19 April 2023, businesswire.com

Brokers, Protocols, Platform Move Manufacturing Data
26 July 2023, EE Times

FairCom kicks off new era of database technology USA - English
10 November 2020, PR Newswire

Winners of the 2021 IoT Evolution Product of the Year Awards Announced
6 July 2021, IoT Evolution World

provided by Google News

Pinecone launches serverless edition of its vector database on AWS
22 May 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Pinecone launches its serverless vector database out of preview
21 May 2024, TechCrunch

Pinecone Launches Serverless Vector Database for Scalable AI Applications
21 May 2024, Datanami

How a Decades-Old Technology and a Paper From Meta Created an AI Industry Standard
21 May 2024, The Wall Street Journal

Channel Brief: Dell Explains AI Factory, Informatica AI Research, Pinecone Goes Serverless and More
22 May 2024, Channel E2E

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Present your product here