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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Cachelot.io vs. eXtremeDB vs. JanusGraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Cachelot.io vs. eXtremeDB vs. JanusGraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseIn-memory caching systemNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Graph DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comphoenix.apache.orgcachelot.iowww.mcobject.comjanusgraph.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comphoenix.apache.orgwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.janusgraph.org
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationMcObjectLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by Aurelius
Initial release19842014201520012017
Current releasev20, April 20235.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20198.2, 20210.6.3, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoSimplified BSD LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C and C++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeyesyes
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.yesnonono infosupport of XML interfaces availableno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCMemcached protocol.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Clojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyesyes
Triggersyesnonoyes infoby defining eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationnonoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynoUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache PhoenixCachelot.ioeXtremeDBJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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