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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Memgraph vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Memgraph vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageCloud-based data warehousing serviceAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdrill.apache.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousememgraph.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdrill.apache.org/­docsmemgraph.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationIBMMemgraph LtdSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release19842012201420171992
Current releasev20, April 20231.20.3, January 202317, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes
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.yesnono infoImport/export of XML data possiblenoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsPL/SQL, SQL PLyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache DrillIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBMemgraphSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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