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DBMS > Datomic vs. Derby vs. Interbase vs. InterSystems Caché

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Derby vs. Interbase vs. InterSystems Caché

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandA multi-model DBMS and application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comdb.apache.org/­derbywww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cache
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasedocs.intersystems.com
DeveloperCognitectApache Software FoundationEmbarcaderoInterSystems
Initial release2012199719841997
Current release1.0.7075, December 202310.17.1.0, November 2023InterBase 2020, December 20192018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJavaC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesdepending on used data model
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.noyesno infoexport as XML data possibleyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
Java.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsJava Stored Proceduresyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles

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