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DBMS > 4D vs. DataFS vs. RethinkDB vs. TigerGraph vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. DataFS vs. RethinkDB vs. TigerGraph vs. Weaviate

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.DBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.A 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 DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.66
Rank#107  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comnewdatabase.comrethinkdb.comwww.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsprethinkdb.com/­docsdocs.tigergraph.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Developer4D, IncMobiland AGThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017Weaviate B.V.
Initial release19842018200920172019
Current releasev20, April 20231.1.263, October 20222.4.1, August 20201.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++Go
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometryyesyes 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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoSQL-like query language (GSQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
C++
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesno
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedClient-side triggers through changefeedsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemSharding inforange basedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic single-document operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCC basedyesyes
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.nonononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsWindows-Profileyes infousers and table-level permissionsRole-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionDataFSRethinkDBTigerGraphWeaviate
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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