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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. QuestDB vs. Realm vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  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 high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.48
Rank#115  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.09
Rank#352  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachequestdb.iorealm.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4wakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comquestdb.io/­docsrealm.io/­docswakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperInterSystemsQuestDB Technology IncRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019STS Soft SCWakanda SAS
Initial release19972014201420112012
Current release2018.1.4, May 20204.0.8, September 20152.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC#C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL with time-series extensionsnonono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.NET Client APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynoyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoChange Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)nonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesnoyes
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InterSystems CachéQuestDBRealmSTSdbWakandaDB
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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