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DBMS > 4D vs. NCache vs. NSDb vs. SwayDB vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. NCache vs. NSDb vs. SwayDB vs. TDengine

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachensdb.ioswaydb.simer.augithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.tdengine.com
Developer4D, IncAlachisoftSimer PlahaTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release19842005201720182019
Current releasev20, April 20235.3.3, April 20243.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava, ScalaScalaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes: int, bigint, decimal, stringnoyes
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 indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexednono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query languagenoStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnonono
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsnoyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)noyes
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionNCacheNSDbSwayDBTDengine
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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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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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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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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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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