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DBMS > Datomic vs. Fauna vs. InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Fauna vs. InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  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 durabilityFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.A multi-model DBMS and application serverA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comfauna.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.fauna.comdocs.intersystems.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperCognitectFauna, Inc.InterSystemsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release2012201419971991
Current release1.0.6735, June 20232018.1.4, May 20205.7
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureScala
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freedepending on used data modelschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesoptional
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.nonoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
C#
C++
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functionsyesyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyes
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 integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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 developmentnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoIdentity management, authentication, and access controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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