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DBMS > 4D vs. Graphite vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Graphite vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OpenEdge

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score5.19
Rank#62  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score5.75
Rank#58  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score3.69
Rank#78  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgraphite.readthedocs.iolearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
Developer4D, IncChris DavisMicrosoftProgress Software Corporation
Initial release1984200620151984
Current releasev20, April 2023V1OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePython
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP API
Sockets
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoyes infousing Azure authenticationUsers and groups

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