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DBMS > 4D vs. BigchainDB vs. Graphite vs. TigerGraph vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BigchainDB vs. Graphite vs. TigerGraph vs. YottaDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.tigergraph.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.tigergraph.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
Developer4D, IncChris DavisYottaDB, LLC
Initial release19842016200620172001
Current releasev20, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonPythonC++C
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Unix
LinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoNumeric data onlyyesno
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoSQL-like query language (GSQL)by using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factornoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyesnoRole-based access controlUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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