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DBMS > Datomic vs. Geode vs. InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Geode vs. InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE vs. Typesense

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  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 durabilityGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesA multi-model DBMS and application serverA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitewww.datomic.comgeode.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasetypesense.org
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.intersystems.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9typesense.org/­docs
DeveloperCognitectOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.InterSystemsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release20122002199719912015
Current release1.0.7075, December 20231.1, February 20172018.1.4, May 20205.7
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfirecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (OQL)yesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C#
C++
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functionsyesyesno
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes, on a single nodeACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes
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 developmentyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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