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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. ArangoDB vs. ArcadeDB vs. Geode vs. IBM Db2

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Fast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/Linux
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Key-value storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDB
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.30
Rank#82  Overall
#14  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#10  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.02
Rank#374  Overall
#52  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#56  Key-value stores
#38  Time Series DBMS
Score1.51
Rank#147  Overall
#25  Key-value stores
Score123.05
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comarangodb.comarcadedb.comgeode.apache.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.arangodb.comdocs.arcadedb.comgeode.apache.org/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
Developer4D, IncArangoDB Inc.Arcade DataOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.IBM
Initial release19842012202120021983 infohost version
Current releasev20, April 20233.11.5, November 2023September 20211.1, February 201712.1, October 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infofree version is available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query language (OQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Java.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJavaScriptuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infosince version 2.0ShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Version
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes inforelationship in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyesAccess rights per client and object definablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionArangoDBArcadeDBGeodeIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2
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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