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DBMS > 4D vs. AnzoGraph DB vs. Apache Kylin vs. Kdb vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AnzoGraph DB vs. Apache Kylin vs. Kdb vs. ToroDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackHigh performance Time Series DBMSA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#307  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comcambridgesemantics.com/­anzographkylin.apache.orgkx.comgithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmkylin.apache.org/­docscode.kx.com
Developer4D, IncCambridge SemanticsApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc8Kdata
Initial release1984201820152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032016
Current releasev20, April 20232.3, January 20213.1.0, July 20203.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 indexesyesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Apache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication in MPP-ClusterSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoKerberos/HDFS data loadingyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infonot needed in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and rolesrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAnzoGraph DBApache KylinKdbToroDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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