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DBMS > 4D vs. Drizzle vs. Graphite vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Drizzle vs. Graphite vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  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.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#75  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.00
Rank#102  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmemgraph.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgraphite.readthedocs.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
Developer4D, IncDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerChris DavisMemgraph Ltd
Initial release19842008200620142017
Current releasev20, April 20237.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial infoFree license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlynoyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infowith proprietary extensionsnonono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCHTTP API
Sockets
JavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
PHP
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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 infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
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, HTTPnonoUsers, roles and permissions
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionDrizzleGraphiteLokiJSMemgraph
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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