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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE vs. LokiJS vs. QuestDB

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  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 serverA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSquestdb.io
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9techfort.github.io/­LokiJSquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperInterSystemsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release1997199120142014
Current release2018.1.4, May 20205.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalnoyes
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScriptC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesnoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno
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InterSystems CachéjBASELokiJSQuestDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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