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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. Memcached vs. SurrealDB

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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 DBMSIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.memcached.orgsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikisurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperInterSystemsDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release1997201420032022
Current release2018.1.4, May 20201.6.25, March 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptCRust
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIProprietary protocolGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallity
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACID
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.noyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolyes, based on authentication and database rules

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