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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft SQL Server

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA multi-model DBMS and application serverIn-memory JavaScript DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMicrosofts flagship relational DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-server
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-server
DeveloperInterSystemsGoogleMicrosoft
Initial release1997201420141989
Current release2018.1.4, May 20202.1.12, February 2017SQL Server 2022, November 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted free version is available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
JavaScriptJavaScriptC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptnoTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Java
TriggersyesyesUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federation
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Edition
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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