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DBMS > 4D vs. MaxDB vs. TDSQL for MySQL vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. MaxDB vs. TDSQL for MySQL vs. TerminusDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonTDSQL for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA high-performance distributed database management system with features such as automatic sharding, intelligent operation and maintenance, elastic scalability without downtime, and enterprise-grade security. It is highly compatible with MySQL.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
RDF store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#97  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.commaxdb.sap.comwww.tencentcloud.com/­products/­dcdbterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.tencentcloud.com/­document/­product/­1042terminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
Developer4D, IncSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997TencentDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release1984198420132018
Current releasev20, April 20237.9.10.12, February 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneAutomatic shardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Journaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
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 groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptRole-based access control

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