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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Datomic vs. InterSystems Caché

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Name

This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.

Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

Highly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networks

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

A multi-model DBMS and application server

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

Document store
Key-value store

Relational DBMS

Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store

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Score	0.46
Rank	#260	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#121	Relational DBMS

Score	1.59
Rank	#150	Overall
	#69	Relational DBMS

Website

alasql.org

atos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repository

www.datomic.com

www.intersystems.com/products/cache

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

docs.datomic.com

docs.intersystems.com

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Atos Convergence Creators

Cognitect

InterSystems

Initial release

2014

2016

2012

1997

Current release

1703

1.0.6735, June 2023

2018.1.4, May 2020

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

commercial

limited edition free

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Java

Java, Clojure

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Linux

All OS with a Java VM

AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

Schema and schema-less with LDAP views

yes

depending on used data model

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

optional

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

yes

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

LDAP

RESTful HTTP API

.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

All languages with LDAP bindings

Clojure
Java

C#
C++
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

yes

Triggers

yes

By using transaction functions

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

cell division

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

Atomic execution of specific operations

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

yes

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

recommended only for testing and development

yes

User concepts

Access control

LDAP bind authentication

Access rights for users, groups and roles

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