DB-EnginesextremeDB - solve IoT connectivity disruptionsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > Ingres vs. InterSystems Caché vs. PouchDB vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Ingres vs. InterSystems Caché vs. PouchDB vs. Quasardb

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameIngres  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionWell established RDBMSA multi-model DBMS and application serverJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.63
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachepouchdb.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationdocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.intersystems.compouchdb.com/­guidesdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperActian CorporationInterSystemsApache Software Foundationquasardb
Initial release1974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s199720122009
Current release12.0, July 20242018.1.4, May 20207.1.1, June 20193.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageCJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes infointeger and binary
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.no infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
JavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesIngres ReplicatorSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyeswith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
IngresInterSystems CachéPouchDBQuasardb
DB-Engines blog posts

New kids on the block: database management systems implemented in JavaScript
1 December 2014, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

Actian Launches Ingres 12.0 Database
4 June 2024, PR Newswire

New startup from Postgres creator puts the database at heart of software stack
12 March 2024, TechCrunch

Postgres pioneer Michael Stonebraker promises to upend the database once more
26 December 2023, The Register

Actian Launches Ingres as a Fully-Managed Cloud Service
24 September 2021, Integration Developers

Actian Avalanche Real-Time Connected Data Warehouse adds integration
28 April 2020, TechTarget

provided by Google News

Announcing IBM Spectrum Sentinel: Building a Cyber Resilient Future
24 June 2022, ibm.com

Associative Data Modeling Demystified – Part1
9 July 2016, Data Science Central

Choosing a Database Technology. A roadmap and process overview | by Shirish Joshi
23 February 2020, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News

Getting Started with PouchDB Client-Side JavaScript Database
7 September 2016, SitePoint

Create Offline Web Apps Using Service Workers & PouchDB
7 March 2017, SitePoint

Building an Offline First App with PouchDB
10 March 2014, SitePoint

provided by Google News

NVIDIA to Present Innovations at Hot Chips That Boost Data Center Performance and Energy Efficiency
23 August 2024, NVIDIA Blog

Exploring secular variation of the gravitational constant from high-resolution quasar spectra
6 July 2024, Nature.com

When a Quasar Remote Access Tool Falls Into the Wrong Hands
23 February 2024, darktrace.com

Record quasar is most luminous object in the universe
20 February 2024, EarthSky

Data Release 1: The UVES Spectral Quasar Absorption Database (SQUAD)
8 March 2019, ESO.org

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Present your product here