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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. NCache

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. NCache

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache KylinOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#266  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgwww.geomesa.orgkyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprisewww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCCRi and othersKyligence, Inc.Alachisoft
Initial release19842014201420162005
Current releasev20, April 20235.0.0, May 20245.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptScalaJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersyesyesnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonedepending on storage layeryes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonedepending on storage layeryes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynonedepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenooptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesdepending on storage layernoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlaSQLGeoMesaKyligence EnterpriseNCache
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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