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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. OushuDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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 data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.10
Rank#355  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.oushu.com/­documentationvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperInterSystemsOushuVelocityDB Inc
Initial release199720142011
Current release2018.1.4, May 20204.0.1, August 20207.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAny that supports .NET
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoFull-featured ANSI SQL supportno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
JavaScriptC
C++
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptyesno
TriggersyesyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnoKerberos, SSL and role based accessBased on Windows Authentication

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