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DBMS > InterSystems Caché vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Pinecone vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Pinecone vs. Rockset

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  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 managed, cloud-native vector databaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.pinecone.iorockset.com
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperInterSystemsOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Pinecone Systems, IncRockset
Initial release1997198420192019
Current release2018.1.4, May 20207.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyes
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMShostedhosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesString, Number, Booleandynamic typing
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.yesnonono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PythonGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes, on a single nodeno
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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