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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. BigObject vs. NCache vs. Realm vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameAerospike infopreviously called Citrusleaf  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionFlash-optimized In-memory NoSQL DatabaseAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS infoleveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score5.51
Rank#60  Overall
#10  Document stores
#3  Graph DBMS
#6  Key-value stores
#2  Spatial DBMS
#2  Vector DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websiteaerospike.combigobject.iowww.alachisoft.com/­ncacherealm.iowww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationdocs.aerospike.comdocs.bigobject.iowww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsrealm.io/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebook
DeveloperAerospikeBigObject, Inc.AlachisoftRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Sybase, SAP
Initial release20122015200520141993
Current release7.1, May 20245.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition availablecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infowith LuaLuano infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes, with selectable consistency levelnoneMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoAerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reducenoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configurationnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of operationsnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
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.yesyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles infowith Enterprise Edition onlynoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Aerospike infopreviously called CitrusleafBigObjectNCacheRealmSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS
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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