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DBMS > 4D vs. RocksDB vs. StarRocks vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. RocksDB vs. StarRocks vs. TigerGraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)An open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score0.95
Rank#193  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score1.44
Rank#152  Overall
#14  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comrocksdb.orgwww.starrocks.iowww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikidocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introdocs.tigergraph.com
Developer4D, IncFacebook, Inc.The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release1984201320202017
Current releasev20, April 20239.4.0, June 20243.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++, JavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
C++ API
Java API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
JavaC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnoACID
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsRole-based access control

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