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DBMS > 4D vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Memgraph vs. Postgres-XL vs. UniData,UniVerse

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Memgraph vs. Postgres-XL vs. UniData,UniVerse

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comcloud.google.com/­datastorememgraph.comwww.postgres-xl.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsmemgraph.com/­docswww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
Developer4D, IncGoogleMemgraph LtdRocket Software
Initial release1984200820172014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB1985
Current releasev20, April 202310 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla public licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC and C++CC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, details hereyesyesoptional
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 infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query language (GQL)noyes infodistributed, parallel query executionyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesusing Google App Engineuser defined functionsyes
TriggersyesCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyesyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioninghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication using PaxosMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyes inforelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACID infowith snapshot isolationACID infoMVCCACID infoconfigurable
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.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Users, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionGoogle Cloud DatastoreMemgraphPostgres-XLUniData,UniVerse
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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