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DBMS > DataFS vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Realm vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Realm vs. TerminusDB

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A multi-model DBMS and application serverA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument storeDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacherealm.ioterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.intersystems.comrealm.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperMobiland AGInterSystemsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2018199720142018
Current release1.1.263, October 20222018.1.4, May 202011.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsWindowsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)depending on used data modelyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
C++
Java
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnonenoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesRole-based access control

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