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System Properties Comparison InterSystems IRIS vs. MonetDB vs. mSQL vs. Realm vs. SwayDB

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NameInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA relational database management system that stores data in columnsmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.monetdb.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlrealm.ioswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperInterSystemsMonetDB BVHughes TechnologiesRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Simer Plaha
Initial release20182004199420142018
Current release2023.3, June 2023Dec2023 (11.49), December 20234.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCCScala
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, in SQL, C, Rnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyesyesnoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding via remote tablesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes
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.yesnoyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesno
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InterSystems IRISMonetDBmSQL infoMini SQLRealmSwayDB
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