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DBMS > 4D vs. Drizzle vs. Memgraph vs. Splunk vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Drizzle vs. Memgraph vs. Splunk vs. SurrealDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jAnalytics Platform for Big DataA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSSearch engineDocument store
Graph DBMS
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#94  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
Score93.02
Rank#13  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score1.11
Rank#174  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.commemgraph.comwww.splunk.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.commemgraph.com/­docsdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunksurrealdb.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
Developer4D, IncDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerMemgraph LtdSplunk Inc.SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release19842008201720032022
Current releasev20, April 20237.2.4, September 2012v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalyesschema-free
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.yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infowith proprietary extensionsnono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCBolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP RESTGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes
Triggersyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights for users and rolesyes, based on authentication and database rules
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionDrizzleMemgraphSplunkSurrealDB
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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