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DBMS > 4D vs. CrateDB vs. Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Coherence

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. CrateDB vs. Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Coherence

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemDistributed Database based on LuceneDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comcratedb.comdgraph.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comcratedb.com/­docsdgraph.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
Developer4D, IncCrateDgraph Labs, Inc.Oracle
Initial release19842013201620142007
Current releasev20, April 202314.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynonono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JavaScript APIJCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions (Javascript)noView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnonoyesyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelSynchronous replication via Raftnoneyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infooptionally
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsrights management via user accountsno infoPlanned for future releasesnoauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionCrateDBDgraphLokiJSOracle Coherence
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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