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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. Realm vs. ScyllaDB vs. Solr vs. Sqrrl

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSqrrl  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.Sqrrl has been acquired by Amazon and became a part of Amazon Web Services. It has been 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 DataCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneAdaptable, secure NoSQL built on Apache Accumulo
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeWide column storeSearch engineDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacherealm.iowww.scylladb.comsolr.apache.orgsqrrl.com
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comrealm.io/­docsdocs.scylladb.comsolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperInterSystemsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019ScyllaDBApache Software FoundationAmazon infooriginally Sqrrl Data, Inc.
Initial release19972014201520062012
Current release2018.1.4, May 2020ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20249.6.1, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)Solr Parallel SQL Interfaceno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Accumulo Shell
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Actionscript
C infousing GLib
C#
C++
Cocoa
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes, LuaJava pluginsno
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingShardingSharding infomaking use of Hadoop
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyesselectable replication factor infomaking use of Hadoop
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoDocument store kept consistent with combination of global timestamping, row-level transactions, and server-side consistency resolution.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsoptimistic lockingAtomic updates per row, document, or graph entity
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 infoIn-Memory realmyes infoin-memory tablesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyesCell-level Security, Data-Centric Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
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Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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