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DBMS > 4D vs. Cachelot.io vs. eXtremeDB vs. JanusGraph vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Cachelot.io vs. eXtremeDB vs. JanusGraph vs. TerminusDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemIn-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 2017Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  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
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comcachelot.iowww.mcobject.comjanusgraph.orgterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.janusgraph.orgterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
Developer4D, IncMcObjectLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release19842015200120172018
Current releasev20, April 20238.2, 20210.6.3, February 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++JavaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Memcached protocol.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.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
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyesyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoby defining eventsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning / shardingyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)Graph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yesJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes infoin-memory journaling
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 groupsnoUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServerRole-based access control
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionCachelot.ioeXtremeDBJanusGraph infosuccessor of TitanTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
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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