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System Properties Comparison InterSystems IRIS vs. jBASE vs. Prometheus vs. ScyllaDB vs. Valentina Server

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NameInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseprometheus.iowww.scylladb.comwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9prometheus.io/­docsdocs.scylladb.comvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperInterSystemsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)ScyllaDBParadigma Software
Initial release20181991201520151999
Current release2023.3, June 20235.7ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalNumeric data onlyyesyes
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.yesyesno infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
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
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoyes, Luayes
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesyes infoby Federationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
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.yesyesnoyes infoin-memory tablesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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InterSystems IRISjBASEPrometheusScyllaDBValentina Server
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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ScyllaDB 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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