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DBMS > 4D vs. AnzoGraph DB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Cassandra vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AnzoGraph DB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Cassandra vs. SurrealDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed 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 virtualizationHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Key-value store
Wide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#307  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comcambridgesemantics.com/­anzographatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorycassandra.apache.orgsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestsurrealdb.com/­docs
Developer4D, IncCambridge SemanticsAtos Convergence CreatorsApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release19842018201620082022
Current releasev20, April 20232.3, January 202117034.1.3, July 2023v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree trial version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaRust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyes
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solution
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.noSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query language
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
LDAPProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++
Java
Python
All languages with LDAP bindingsC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions and aggregatesnono
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingSharding infocell divisionSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication in MPP-Clusteryesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoKerberos/HDFS data loadingyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infonot needed in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and rolesLDAP bind authenticationAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes, based on authentication and database rules
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAnzoGraph DBAtos Standard Common RepositoryCassandraSurrealDB
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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