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DBMS > 4D vs. NSDb vs. TigerGraph vs. TinkerGraph vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. NSDb vs. TigerGraph vs. TinkerGraph vs. YottaDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comnsdb.iowww.tigergraph.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlinyottadb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.tigergraph.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
Developer4D, IncYottaDB, LLC
Initial release19842017201720092001
Current releasev20, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ScalaC++JavaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
LinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyesyesno
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexednono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (GSQL)noby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
Scala
C++
Java
Groovy
Java
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesUsing Apache Luceneyesoptionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRole-based access controlnoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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