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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. ArangoDB vs. LevelDB vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. ArangoDB vs. LevelDB vs. searchxml

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Embeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Key-value storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score2.35
Rank#111  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orgarangodb.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldbwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.arangodb.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mdwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaArangoDB Inc.Googleinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release19842013201220112015
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 20223.11.5, November 20231.23, February 20211.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoBSDcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashnoyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJavaScriptnoyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infosince version 2.0nonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with configurable replication factornoneyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnomultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesnoDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache ImpalaArangoDBLevelDBsearchxml
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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