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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. AlaSQL vs. Amazon Neptune vs. NCache vs. Stardog

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NameAerospike infopreviously called Citrusleaf  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFlash-optimized In-memory NoSQL DatabaseJavaScript DBMS libraryFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS infoleveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Key-value storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.78
Rank#61  Overall
#11  Document stores
#3  Graph DBMS
#7  Key-value stores
#2  Spatial DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.20
Rank#119  Overall
#9  Graph DBMS
#5  RDF stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websiteaerospike.comalasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­neptunewww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.stardog.com
Technical documentationdocs.aerospike.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourceswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.stardog.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTube
DeveloperAerospikeAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonAlachisoftStardog-Union
Initial release20122014201720052010
Current release7.0, November 20235.3.3, April 20247.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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.nonononono infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.Yes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin
JavaScript APIOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infowith Luanonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoNotificationsyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-availability zones high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicas within a single region. Global database clusters consists of a primary write DB cluster in one region, and up to five secondary read DB clusters in different regions. Each secondary region can have up to 16 reader instances.yes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoAerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reducenonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configurationnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of operationsyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infowith encyption-at-restyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles infowith Enterprise Edition onlynoAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and roles
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Aerospike infopreviously called CitrusleafAlaSQLAmazon NeptuneNCacheStardog
Specific characteristicsAerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesOptimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosAerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersNielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsAerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsSubscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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