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DBMS > 4D vs. Graphite vs. HugeGraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Graphite vs. HugeGraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. ObjectBox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA multi-model DBMS and application serverExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.intersystems.com/­products/­cacheobjectbox.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgraphite.readthedocs.iohugegraph.apache.org/­docsdocs.intersystems.comdocs.objectbox.io
Developer4D, IncChris DavisBaiduInterSystemsObjectBox Limited
Initial release19842006201819972017
Current releasev20, April 20230.92018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linux
macOS
Unix
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesdepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP API
Sockets
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Groovy
Java
Python
C#
C++
Java
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsyesno
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSource-replica replicationonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonovia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoedges in graphyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
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 groupsnoUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyes
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionGraphiteHugeGraphInterSystems CachéObjectBox
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