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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Heroic vs. Hive vs. NCache

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchdata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphphoenix.apache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroichive.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationphoenix.apache.orgspotify.github.io/­heroiccwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homewww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software FoundationSpotifyApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookAlachisoft
Initial release20162014201420122005
Current release2.1, December 20185.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.1.3, April 20225.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJavaJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyespartial 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBCHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnonononoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingShardingShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesselectable replication factoryes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonooptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
More information provided by the system vendor
AgensGraphApache PhoenixHeroicHiveNCache
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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