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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. TinkerGraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for HadoopBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latest
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Cloudera
Initial release19842012201320162009
Current releasev20, April 20231.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorselectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDBoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesno

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