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DBMS > 4D vs. AllegroGraph vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AllegroGraph vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. TimesTen

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.In-memory JavaScript DBMSIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.16
Rank#179  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.35
Rank#165  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comallegrograph.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
Developer4D, IncFranz Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release19842004198320141998
Current releasev20, April 20238.0, December 202319.4.1, November 202111 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF schemasyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 possibleyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SPARQL is used as query languageyes infovia pluginsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
PHPJavaScriptC
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoJavaScript or Common LispyesView functions in JavaScriptPL/SQL
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonewith Federationnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAllegroGraphFileMakerLokiJSTimesTen
Specific characteristicsKnowledge Graph Platform Leader FedShard - Designed for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph...
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Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
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