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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Altibase vs. Coveo vs. DataFS vs. NebulaGraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineObject oriented DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score2.11
Rank#118  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaltibase.comwww.coveo.comnewdatabase.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdocs.coveo.comdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.nebula-graph.io
Developer4D, IncAltibaseCoveoMobiland AGVesoft Inc.
Initial release19841999201220182019
Current releasev20, April 2023v7.3, 2023, August 20231.1.263, October 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
hostedWindowsLinux
Data schemeyesyeshybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)Strong typed schema
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL-92nonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsnouser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happened
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesProprietary Sharding systemSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDB
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-standardgranular access controls, API key management, content filtersWindows-ProfileRole-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAltibaseCoveoDataFSNebulaGraph
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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