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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. YDB

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

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic 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 APIA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  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
Score0.33
Rank#287  Overall
#43  Document stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlingithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestydb.tech/­en/­docs
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaYandex
Initial release19842013201620092019
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop 3RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorselectable replication factornoneActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDBoptionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesnoAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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