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DBMS > 4D vs. GreptimeDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. GreptimeDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TypeDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#343  Overall
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score2.56
Rank#106  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.65
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#9  Object oriented DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgreptime.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmltypedb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.greptime.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQtypedb.com/­docs
Developer4D, IncGreptime Inc.SAP, formerly SybaseVaticle
Initial release1984202219942016
Current releasev20, April 202316.1 SPS04, April 20192.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageRustJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesPythonyesno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexerno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSAP/Sybase Replication ServerSynchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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 groupsSimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionGreptimeDBSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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