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DBMS > 4D vs. LokiJS vs. Newts vs. OpenEdge vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. LokiJS vs. Newts vs. OpenEdge vs. TigerGraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemIn-memory JavaScript DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score2.80
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#259  Overall
#41  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#383  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score3.53
Rank#94  Overall
#49  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#143  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSopennms.github.io/­newtswww.progress.com/­openedgewww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestdocs.tigergraph.com
Developer4D, IncOpenNMS GroupProgress Software Corporation
Initial release19842014201419842017
Current releasev20, April 2023OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptJavaProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptnoyesyes
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnonoUsers and groupsRole-based access control

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