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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. GreptimeDB vs. MaxDB vs. TinkerGraph

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Name

Description

Application development environment with integrated database management system

An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiency

A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions

A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API

Primary database model

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Score	2.58
Rank	#108	Overall
	#54	Relational DBMS

Score	0.06
Rank	#352	Overall
	#33	Time Series DBMS

Score	2.32
Rank	#112	Overall
	#55	Relational DBMS

Score	0.08
Rank	#348	Overall
	#35	Graph DBMS

Website

www.4d.com

greptime.com

maxdb.sap.com

tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/current/reference/#tinkergraph-gremlin

Technical documentation

developer.4d.com

docs.greptime.com

maxdb.sap.com/documentation

Developer

4D, Inc

Greptime Inc.

SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997

Initial release

1984

2022

1984

2009

Current release

v20, April 2023

7.9.10.12, February 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Limited community edition free

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Rust

C++

Java

Server operating systems

OS X
Windows

Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

yes

schema-free, schema definition possible

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

close to SQL 92

yes

APIs and other access methods

ODBC
RESTful HTTP API

by using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices

gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV

TinkerPop 3

Supported programming languages

4D proprietary IDE
PHP

C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript

.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python

Groovy
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Python

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Multi-source replication

Source-replica replication

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

optional

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Users and groups

Simple rights management via user accounts

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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Specific characteristics

GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages

- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metrics

GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing models

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