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DBMS > 4D vs. atoti vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. NebulaGraph vs. Newts

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. atoti vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. NebulaGraph vs. Newts

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonatoti  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn in-memory DBMS combining transactional and analytical processing to handle the aggregation of ever-changing data.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSTime Series DBMS based on Cassandra
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.80
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.56
Rank#249  Overall
#10  Object oriented DBMS
Score9.97
Rank#47  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score2.36
Rank#124  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#383  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comatoti.iofirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
opennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.atoti.iofirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.nebula-graph.iogithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
Developer4D, IncActiveViamGoogleVesoft Inc.OpenNMS Group
Initial release1984201720192014
Current releasev20, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree versions availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeStrong typed schemaschema-free
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)noSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
HTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesPythonyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes, with Cloud Functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding, horizontal partitioningShardingShardingSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoUsing Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Role-based access controlno
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionatotiGoogle Cloud FirestoreNebulaGraphNewts
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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