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DBMS > Dgraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. WakandaDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA multi-model DBMS and application serverFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.intersystems.comdocs.kinetica.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.InterSystemsKineticaWakanda SAS
Initial release20161997201220142012
Current release2018.1.4, May 20207.1, August 20212.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++JavaScriptC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnoyes

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