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

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

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  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 systemHighly 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-timeTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query languageAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.65
Rank#234  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.tigergraph.comtypedb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.tigergraph.comtypedb.com/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsVaticleWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19842016201720162019
Current releasev20, April 202317032.26.3, January 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyesyes 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.yesyesnonono
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 92noSQL-like query language (GSQL)noGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAPGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsC++
Java
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesnono
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionSharding infoby using CassandraSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandrayes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeperno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno infosubstituted by the relationship featureno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDno
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.noyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationRole-based access controlyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progressAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAtos Standard Common RepositoryTigerGraphTypeDB infoformerly named GraknWeaviate
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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As 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 modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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