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DBMS > InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Pinecone

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  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 DBMSA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperInterSystemsOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Pinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release1997201419842019
Current release2018.1.4, May 20207.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)HP Open VMShosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesString, Number, Boolean
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
JavaScriptPython
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone
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 integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleyes, on a single node
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesno

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