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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. OpenQM vs. QuestDB vs. Typesense

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  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 serverQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmquestdb.iotypesense.org
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comquestdb.io/­docstypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperInterSystemsRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release1997199320142015
Current release2018.1.4, May 20203.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelyes infowith some exceptionsyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnono
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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InterSystems CachéOpenQM infoalso called QMQuestDBTypesense
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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