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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. NuoDB vs. searchxml vs. SingleStore vs. VelocityDB

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  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 serverNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeA .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
Relational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.searchxml.net/­category/­productswww.singlestore.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comdoc.nuodb.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsdocs.singlestore.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperInterSystemsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.informationpartners gmbhSingleStore Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release19972013201520132011
Current release2018.1.4, May 20201.08.5, January 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++, GoC#
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsLinux info64 bit version requiredAny that supports .NET
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava, SQLyes infoon the application serveryesno
TriggersyesyesnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennoneSharding infohash partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolmultiple readers, single writerACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTemporary tablenoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesBased on Windows Authentication
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InterSystems CachéNuoDBsearchxmlSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLVelocityDB
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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