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DBMS > 4D vs. Derby vs. Dgraph vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Derby vs. Dgraph vs. RDFox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitewww.4d.comdb.apache.org/­derbydgraph.iowww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldgraph.io/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationDgraph Labs, Inc.Oxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release1984199720162017
Current releasev20, April 202310.17.1.0, November 20236.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication via Raftreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoPlanned for future releasesRoles, resources, and access types

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