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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CouchDB

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AApache CouchDB is an HTTP + JSON document database with Map Reduce views and bi-directional replication. The Couch Replication Protocol is implemented in a variety of projects and products that span computing environments from globally distributed server-clusters, over mobile phones to web browsers.N/A

    InterSystems IRIS

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform that includes a multi-model transactional data management engine, an application development platform, and interoperability engine, and an open analytics platform. It is is the next generation of InterSystems' data management software. It includes…N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Apache
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    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CouchDBInterSystems IRIS
    NoSQL Databases
    Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Apache CouchDB and InterSystems IRIS
    Feature
    Apache CouchDB
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    8% below category average
    InterSystems IRIS
    -
    Ratings
    Performance8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Concurrency8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data model flexibility7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment model flexibility9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Apache CouchDB and InterSystems IRIS
    Feature
    Apache CouchDB
    -
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    InterSystems IRIS
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    ACID compliance00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Database monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Database locking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Disaster recovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Multiple datatypes00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    IBM Cloudant
    Score7.4 out of 10
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    Score7.4 out of 10
    SingleStore
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Cloudant
    Score7.4 out of 10
    SAP IQ
    Score5.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CouchDBInterSystems IRIS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    7.0
    (45 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    7.4
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CouchDBInterSystems IRIS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apache
    Great for REST API development, if you want a small, fast server that will send and receive JSON structures, CouchDB is hard to beat. Not great for enterprise-level relational database querying (no kidding). While by definition, document-oriented databases are not relational, porting or migrating from relational, and using CouchDB as a backend is probably not a wise move as it's reliable, but It may not always be highly available.
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    InterSystems
    Intersystems IRIS is a really great tool for Interoperability. It has so many capabilities out of the box and then such a great developer community on top of that, that there are really no limits to what you can do in terms of data manipulation and translation. Personally I find it to be a great tool if you are looking for Interoperability software.
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    Pros
    Apache
    • It can replicate and sync with web browsers via PouchDB. This lets you keep a synced copy of your database on the client-side, which offers much faster data access than continuous HTTP requests would allow, and enables offline usage.
    • Simple Map/Reduce support. The M/R system lets you process terabytes of documents in parallel, save the results, and only need to reprocess documents that have changed on subsequent updates. While not as powerful as Hadoop, it is an easy to use query system that's hard to screw up.
    • Sharding and Clustering support. As of CouchDB 2.0, it supports clustering and sharding of documents between instances without needing a load balancer to determine where requests should go.
    • Master to Master replication lets you clone, continuously backup, and listen for changes through the replication protocol, even over unreliable WAN links.
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    InterSystems
    • Connecting with mutliple vendor platforms and systems allowing us to consume and provide data as needed.
    • Allowed us to implement our own RESTful api engine to server data to our internal applications.
    • Setting up their recommendations for high availability allow us to perform server maintenance with minimal down time to our users.
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    Cons
    Apache
    • NoSQL DB can become a challenge for seasoned RDBMS users.
    • The map-reduce paradigm can be very demanding for first-time users.
    • JSON format documents with Key-Value pairs are somewhat verbose and consume more storage.
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    InterSystems
    • Enhanced documentation, more comprehensive and user-friendly documentation, including detailed tutorials and examples
    • Improving compatibility and integrations with others programming languages
    • Introducing tools and techniques to optimize the performance of ObjectScript applications, such as profiling tools, performance monitoring utilities, and code optimization guidelines
    • A better compatibility with Python libraries
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Apache
    Because our current solution S3 is working great and CouchDB was a nightmare. The worst is that at first, it seemed fine until we filled it with tons of data and then started to create views and actually delete.
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    InterSystems
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    Usability
    Apache
    Couchdb is very simple to use and the features are also reduced but well implemented. In order to use it the way its designed, the ui is adequate and easy. Of course, there are some other task that can't be performed through the admin ui but the minimalistic design allows you to use external libraries to develop custom scripts
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    InterSystems
    The interface is very intuitive, the documentation is very good so it is not complicated to operate.
    The security is complex, but you can create a special role to access and the user ONLY can operate with the part that it allows.
    Also, you can examine the data very quick with the SQL Browser integrated.
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    Support Rating
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    InterSystems
    The InterSystems WRC has always been helpful and responsive. The folks I have spoken with are always understanding of our needs and questions and regardless of if the question is simple or complex we are always met with the same professionalism and helpfulness every time. I have no hesitations contacting InterSystems for help!
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    Implementation Rating
    Apache
    it support is minimal also hw requirements. Also for development, we can have databases replicated everywhere and the replication is automagical. once you set up the security and the rules for replication, you are ready to go. The absence of a model let you build your app the way you want it
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    InterSystems
    Will done based on a proper planning, so this will makes execution more easier and better.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apache
    It has been 5+ years since we chose CouchDB. We looked an MongoDB, Cassandra, and probably some others. At the end of the day, the performance, power potential, and simplicity of CouchDB made it a simple choice for our needs. No one should use just because we did. As I said early, make sure you understand your problems, and find the right solution. Some random reading that might be useful: http://www.julianbrowne.com/article/viewer/brewers-cap-theorem https://www.couchbase.com/nosql-resources/why-nosql\ https://www.infoq.com/articles/cap-twelve-years-later-how-the-rules-have-changed
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    InterSystems
    We are using InterSystems IRIS [especially] for database operations as the query performance is really good for [a large] amount of customer data. You can easily integrate for any application like web, desktop, and many more. It also provides BI functionality which is also very easy to implement using InterSystems IRIS[.]
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    Return on Investment
    Apache
    • It has saved us hours and hours of coding.
    • It is has taught us a new way to look at things.
    • It has taught us patience as the first few weeks with CouchDB were not pleasant. It was not easy to pick up like MongoDB.
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    InterSystems
    • Very Fast and scalable software to deal with big data flow, safe and robust.
    • The studio IDE is quite old fashion and lacks a few facilities
    • amazing for complex data consumption, its milyi-model capability wich allows multiple different models for a single set of codes.
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