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DBMS > 4D vs. Drizzle vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Memgraph vs. Percona Server for MySQL

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Drizzle vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Memgraph vs. Percona Server for MySQL

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MySQL  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jEnhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL based on XtraDB or TokuDB storage engines with improved performance and additional diagnostic and management features.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score2.03
Rank#122  Overall
#57  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasememgraph.comwww.percona.com/­software/­mysql-database/­percona-server
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasememgraph.com/­docswww.percona.com/­downloads/­Percona-Server-LATEST
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
Developer4D, IncDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Memgraph LtdPercona
Initial release19842008201220172008
Current releasev20, April 20237.2.4, September 20128.0.36-28, 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++C and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infowith proprietary extensionsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
PHP
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnolimited functionality with using 'rules'yes
Triggersyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.Callbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
XtraDB Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
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 groupsPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes, based on authentication and database rulesUsers, roles and permissionsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionDrizzleFirebase Realtime DatabaseMemgraphPercona Server for MySQL
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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