DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > 4D vs. Altibase vs. BigObject vs. OpenEdge vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Altibase vs. BigObject vs. OpenEdge vs. TigerGraph

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaltibase.combigobject.iowww.progress.com/­openedgewww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdocs.bigobject.iodocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestdocs.tigergraph.com
Developer4D, IncAltibaseBigObject, Inc.Progress Software Corporation
Initial release19841999201519842017
Current releasev20, April 2023v7.3, 2023, August 2023OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL-92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsLuayesyes
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
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.noyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers and groupsRole-based access control

More information provided by the system vendor

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 DimensionAltibaseBigObjectOpenEdgeTigerGraph
DB-Engines blog posts

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

show all

Recent citations in the news

Altibase is Adopted for Presence Service to Provide User Information and Online Presence
8 April 2019, PR Newswire

Open-source DBMS becoming battleground of public cloud
17 May 2022, Etnews

In-memory OLAP Database Market Is Booming (CAGR of 24.95%) Worldwide | Terracotta, Altibase, Kognitio, Mcobject ...
26 October 2018, openPR

South Korean company to provide database solution to Mobicom
10 April 2020, UB Post

In-Memory Database Market Size, Share, Trends and Forecast Analysis by Kognitio Ltd., Datastax, VoltDB, ENEA ...
27 July 2018, openPR

provided by Google News

OpenEdge Application Development | Progress OpenEdge
14 September 2014, Progress Software

What's New in OpenEdge 12.8
15 April 2024, release.nl

PoC Exploit Released for OpenEdge Authentication Gateway & AdminServer Vulnerability
11 March 2024, GBHackers

provided by Google News

TigerGraph Unveils CoPilot, Version 4.0, and New CEO
30 April 2024, Datanami

TigerGraph unveils GenAI assistant, introduces new CEO
30 April 2024, TechTarget

How TigerGraph CoPilot enables graph-augmented AI
30 April 2024, InfoWorld

New TigerGraph CEO Refocuses Efforts on Enterprise Customers
31 July 2023, Datanami

Aerospike takes on Neo4j and TigerGraph with launch of graph database
20 June 2023, SiliconANGLE News

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

SingleStore logo

Build AI apps with Vectors on SQL and JSON with milliseconds response times.
Try it today.

Milvus logo

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

RaimaDB logo

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

Neo4j logo

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

Present your product here