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DBMS > Faircom DB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Faircom DB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. Realm

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NameFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionNative high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.A multi-model DBMS and application serverIn-memory JavaScript DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#304  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
#136  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitewww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSobjectbox.iorealm.io
Technical documentationdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmldocs.intersystems.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.objectbox.iorealm.io/­docs
DeveloperFairCom CorporationInterSystemsObjectBox LimitedRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release19791997201420172014
Current releaseV12, November 20202018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageANSI C, C++JavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,depending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIProprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Java
JavaScriptC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++yesView functions in JavaScriptnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).Source-replica replicationnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Immediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datatunable from ACID to Eventually ConsistentACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnoyesyes
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