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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. Realm vs. Vertica vs. VoltDB

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  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 DataCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.Distributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS infoColumn orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score1.44
Rank#158  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacherealm.iowww.vertica.comwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comrealm.io/­docsvertica.com/­documentationdocs.voltdb.com
DeveloperInterSystemsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardVoltDB Inc.
Initial release1997201420052010
Current release2018.1.4, May 202012.0.3, January 202311.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno
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Implementation languageC++Java, C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X infofor development
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.yes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differencesJava
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersyes, called Custom Alertsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashUsers and roles with access to stored procedures
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InterSystems CachéRealmVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™VoltDB
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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