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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Cachelot.io vs. Datomic vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. PostGIS

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLIn-memory caching systemDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilitySpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphcachelot.iowww.datomic.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irispostgis.net
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.CognitectInterSystems
Initial release20162015201220182005
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.7075, December 20232023.3, June 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoSimplified BSD Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++Java, ClojureC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelyes
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.nononoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Memcached protocolRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoTransaction Functionsyesuser defined functions
TriggersnonoBy using transaction functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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