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DBMS > 4D vs. MaxDB vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph

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

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.commaxdb.sap.comterminusdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
Developer4D, IncSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release1984198420182009
Current releasev20, April 20237.9.10.12, February 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Prolog, RustJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
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 indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneGraph Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationJournaling Streamsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlno

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