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DBMS > InterSystems Caché vs. Realm vs. SQL.JS vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. Realm vs. SQL.JS vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  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 DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataPort of SQLite to JavaScriptKey-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
Document storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score7.71
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.57
Rank#248  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.09
Rank#352  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacherealm.iosql.js.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4wakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comrealm.io/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperInterSystemsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSTS Soft SCWakanda SAS
Initial release19972014201220112012
Current release2018.1.4, May 20204.0.8, September 20152.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen 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 languageJavaScriptC#C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportednono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API.NET Client APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynonoyes
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoIn-Memory realmyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesnonoyes

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