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DBMS > 4D vs. Databricks vs. GeoMesa vs. TigerGraph vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Databricks vs. GeoMesa vs. TigerGraph vs. ToroDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score76.33
Rank#17  Overall
#3  Document stores
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#141  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.databricks.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.databricks.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.tigergraph.com
Developer4D, IncDatabricksCCRi and others8Kdata
Initial release19842013201420172016
Current releasev20, April 20234.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageScalaC++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinuxAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92with Databricks SQLnoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions and aggregatesnoyes
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno
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.nonodepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionDatabricksGeoMesaTigerGraphToroDB
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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