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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. TigerGraph vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. TigerGraph vs. Weaviate

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Graph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.tigergraph.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAtos Convergence CreatorsWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19842013201620172019
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 202217031.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++Go
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references
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.yesnoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query language (GSQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
LDAPGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCAll languages with LDAP bindingsC++
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesno
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infocell divisionSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factoryesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
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.nonoyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosLDAP bind authenticationRole-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache ImpalaAtos Standard Common RepositoryTigerGraphWeaviate
Specific characteristicsWeaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesFlexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosAs a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersAll companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsAs of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsWeaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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