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DBMS > InterSystems Caché vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. ReductStore

System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. ReductStore

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  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 serverDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerDesigned to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score75.37
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#357  Overall
#37  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacheazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasegithub.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.reduct.store/­docs
DeveloperInterSystemsMicrosoftReductStore LLC
Initial release199720102023
Current release2018.1.4, May 2020V121.9, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedDocker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yesyes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQL
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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